"Poised and intensely flavoured, this is a wine of very clean lines that goes on and on." TESTALONGA El Bandito 'Cortez' 2025 98/100 - Christian Eedes, Winemag.co.za TESTALONGA is proud to share its 2025 vintage release, marking another important chapter for Craig and Carla Hawkins and their ongoing journey at Bandits Kloof. Having called the [...]
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TESTALONGA in July | Vintage 2025 El Bandito release
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Tasty TESTALONGA!
Keeping to tradition, Craig and Carla Hawkins of TESTALONGA are the last big release of our year. If you’re a TESTALONGA groupie, you’d be expecting the usual 19 wines all at once, and have to choose which wines you buy. This year the youthful Baby Banditos (now including the two Ninja pet-nats) and the Mielies [...] More -
The Bandits Are Back | TESTALONGA vintage 2024 Release
Craig and Carla Hawkins of TESTALONGA are ready for their annual release. TESTALONGA is based in the northern Swartland and produces wines that are among the most unique and sought-after currently coming out of South Africa. These wines find themselves on the lists of some of the best restaurants and wine bars in the world. [...] More -
Skin Contact Workshop | September 2023
EX ANIMO WORKSHOP SKIN CONTACTExplore | Discuss | Taste When: 28/09/2023 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Where: Ex Animo Woodstock, The Palms, Level 2, 145 Sir Lowry Road OR via Live Stream Skin Contact wines (also known as: Skin-Fermented, Orange, Amber) are made using the skins of the grapes normally used to make white wine. [...] More -
TESTALONGA Mielie ‘Green’ 2022
MIELIE 'GREEN' 2022by TESTALONGA Craig and Carla Hawkins of TESTALONGA have released a new range of wines called 'Mielie' - named after Craig and Carla's daughter, Camilla. The Mielie range sits under the Baby Bandito wines, and will be opportunity for Craig to work with blends (vineyards and/or varieties) for the first time in TESTALONGA [...] More -
TESTALONGA Vintage 2022
TESTALONGAVintage 2022 Always one of the most exciting releases of the year, the new 2022 TESTALONGA wines from Craig and Carla Hawkins are ready to purchase... Craig and Carla seek purity, precision and brightness in their wines and only work with vineyards that can produce high-quality grapes (with relatively low pH) ensuring that there is [...] More -
TESTALONGA Vintage 2021
New vintage 2021 wines from Craig and Carla Hawkins Our last big release for the year: the new 2021 TESTALONGA wines from Craig and Carla Hawkins are ready to hit glasses... The Hawkins Craig and Carla seek purity, precision and brightness in their wines and only work with vineyards that can produce high-quality grapes (with [...] More -
Best Sellers of February 2021 | 6-Pack
A mixed 6-pack of our best selling wines from February 2021 The wines included are the best sellers from last month. This 6 pack includes 2 whites, and 4 reds (with a bit of a discount thrown in). All 6 of these wines are proven winners. In first place we have the Grenache Blanc from South Africa [...] More -
Winemakers’ favourite wines (that aren’t their own)
In the spirit of camaraderie with the greater South African wine scene, we asked each of our winemakers their favourite South African wine (that isn't their own). Some of them chose perennial favourites, while others chose recent wines they had enjoyed or been surprised by. It has resulted in a list of wines that should [...] More -
Updates from the Winelands before harvest 2021
Please find below a few updates from some of our producers regarding the upcoming harvest... Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook to keep up to date with all that we do. Jeanine Craven, of CRAVEN View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ex Animo Wine Co. (@exanimowineco) Jocelyn Wilson, of [...] More