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Platter’s 2025 Awards
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Friday Night Highlights | 30th August 2024
Craven ‘Karibib‘ Chenin 2023 Craven Chardonnay 2023 Craven Pinot Gris 2023 Craven Cinsault 2023 Craven ‘The Firs‘ Syrah 2023 Mother Rock ‘Force Celeste‘ Semillon 2022 Mother Rock ‘Force Celeste‘ Chenin Blanc 2022 Mother Rock ‘Force Celeste‘ Rosé 2022 Mother Rock ‘Force Celeste‘ Cinsault 2022 Mother Rock ‘Brutal!’ Skin Contact Chenin Blanc 2022 Saurwein ‘Chi‘ Riesling …
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Trizanne Signature Wines | Vintage 2022
Vintage 2022 We are very excited to announce that the new vintage 2022 from Trizanne Signature Wines has been released. Trizanne Barnard has transformed and relaunched her top range of wines: The Seascape Range. Long associated with the beach and the coast, Trizanne has always used ocean-influenced vineyards in her own wines. She has developed [...] More -
Trizanne New Releases
Magic from the Overberg Ex Animo is pleased to announce the release of the eagerly anticipated new wines from Trizanne Barnard. She established Trizanne Signature Wines in 2008, and Ex Animo has been working with her since our inception in 2014. The cornerstones of her range are the two Reserve wines from Elim, without which [...] More -
Semillon Gris: the original ‘South African variant’
Semillon Gris bunch at Thorne & Daughters Photo credit: Tasha Seccombe Some thoughts from our Semillon Session& Special Offer As you may be aware, we recently held our first Wine Seminar in Cape Town - Semillon Session: Groendruif Gees. Attendees were treated to the collective Semillon wisdom of James Downes from Shannon Vineyards in Elgin, [...] More -
New release: Trizanne ‘Reserve’ Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2018
The 2018s from Elim are outstanding The new 2018 Reserve white from Trizanne Barnard has been released. This is the partner wine to her 2018 Reserve Syrah that won the Best Red Wine at the Trophy Wine Show in 2020. 2018 (unlike most of the Cape Winelands which was affected by both heat and drought) [...] More -
NEW RELEASES takeover @ Culture Wine Bar
Cape Town: Come and try all our new releases Join us at Culture Wine Bar in central Cape Town next Wednesday 10th February from 5pm to try our new releases - they will be serving them all by the glass and by the bottle. See you there. (We are organising a Johannesburg date also, details [...] More -
3 new GREAT VALUE wines
Three awesome new winesR150 and under The release of these three Swartland wines was not planned to be simultaneous, it is simply happy coincidence. We are chuffed to be able to offer these awesome wines as we think they provide some of the best value in the portfolio. The wines...Mother Rock White 2019 From the [...] More -
Updates from the Winelands before harvest 2021 – Part 2
Please find below a few updates from some more 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. Melissa Nelsen, of GENEVIEVE MCC View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ex Animo Wine Co. (@exanimowineco) John [...] 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