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Jono the owner is the perfect example of a garagiste because he really does make the wines in His garage.
The labels are done by his son and he makes 5 wineswhich are characterised by excessive use of staves and as a result some are somewhat unbalanced or over textured.
however the experience is fantastic and worth the appointment
Found the owner Willie Chilling and dilling on a sunny Sunday afternoon
he talked us through the wines and gave us a little bit more insight about the Sandies glen wine ward. His view from his tasting room is breathtaking and his wines compliment the wonderfull view.
Its absolutely worth the drive
POPPED IN LOOKING FOR SOME mcc but unfortunately the mcc is now officially off the shelves and the winery has new ownership.
Philip the wine maker also makes solo wines gave us a very informative tasting of his 5 wines of which i totally enjoyed the witklip Chard.
The tasting room and cellar is still a work in progress but Phillip is awesome and has a wealth of Knowledge
if you out there visit
Popped in for a quick tasting en route to hermanus. Really unique and clever tasting oom with very simple and well priced wines if anything visit just to check out the old train station tasting room it’s really cool
Only port here and 1 blend
The port is fantastic and great value for money
Made an appointment when we where 5 minutes away from the under construction tasting room and cellar and fortunately Craig was looking for an excuse to get away from doing admin.
He first took us through his elemental bob range and then there after barrells of spookfontein wines
Some very exciting wines when they are finally ready and the merlot was stand out.
It’s worth driving up the treacherous road to taste.
Reds R40 and Whites R35 in terms of value for money these wines re exceptional and underated
Go Go GO Go
After the long and treacherous drive on gravel we finally got to the tasting room and found Nico(winemaker) and Jan(german intern) in tasting room.
Nico:”how can i help you”
Uncle Tom and Drew:”we would like to wine taste”
(pause a bit of silence and hesitancy)
Nico(looks at Jan as if to give him instructions):”right ok its R200 to wine taste 4 wines is that ok?”
Uncle tom and Drew(a bit dismayed)” Umm I included your wine in a varietal tasting at Robertos restaurant about a month ago and was really interested in the Syrah for our wine list. I did however mention to Katrin that i only list once i have visited the farm.”?
An hour and a half later we sitting on the table with about 8 wines open after an informative and very personal tasting with Nico and Jan which began with some Geography and ended with some 2005′s and 2006′s open
The wines range as a whole is right up there with some top traditional favourites. Just feel that if it R200 to wine taste then hopefully you get to take the leftovers home.
However we got our wine tasting for free
Dutch owned new winery in Devon Valley. The owner built it to supply wines to his international network.
The wine maker Dustin is young and vibrant and and speaks with huge enthusiasm about his wines. And yes they joined the band wagon and made a white Pinotage. The wines are young and full of potential particularly the Chardonney as for the white pInotage… ITs the same as Red Pinotage you either love it or you hate it. Personally I would not buy it but i would drink it.
We where fortunate to find Herman the wine maker in the tasting room/workshop/coffee shop.
HE gave us a tasting of 5 wines including some older vintages and the whole focus was on just drinking the wine and no awards talk etc.
The wines are above par and the setting as well is worth the trip
Thanks Herman
The drive up to the tasting room is not really inviting and from the outside one could be forgiven for thinking that its just a plain old warehouse or house.
The tasting room itself is simple and not exciting at all.
The wine maker/manager Jacques is young and very excited about his ports and rightly so they have 2 wonderfull ports and great value for money red.
Worth the Visit
Lovely selection of wines and mostly beautifully crafted.Anton even took us through some barrels and to be released wines.
Awesome vibe and very playful tasting room.
Too bad they are stopping the Viognier
The staff is as vibey as the tasting room as well.
Checked out the tasting fees for the MCC and Champagne and instead opted to chill and have 2 glasses of bubbly. The Pinot noir/Chard(jean Michel) and the Aclemee(semillion)
The Aclemee was refreshing, crisp and delightful, the Hean Michel was rather Normal.
Hendrik took some time off from his busy day to talk us through the wines.
Stood outside tasting room and hooted for about 10 minutes and no one came. We settled for checking out the totoise
NO WINES TO TASTE
Really awesome to finally get to see where all that box wine comes from. Its actually a beautifull and tastefull tasting room/restaurant and there is too much wine to taste every thing they had.
Celest(name may be wrong) gave us the tasting she is a good pourer and thats it! no attempt to give us a bit of info on the farm etc.
Not too impressed by the wines and really expected a bit more from the diamond collection Chard.
The service was equally average
After visiting 6 farms Fryerscove was the perfect way to end a 2 day tasting spree.
The tasting on the pier is a unique idea and the grilled seafood was excetional value for money.
Grieke was also loads of fun and full of energy. Unfortunately the 2010 Pinot noir was sld out so had to settle for 2011.
The wines are average and what they lack in finesse they make up in Price.
The tasting room is equally average with not much to talk about. Rene however was fantastic friendly and allowed me to “Borrow” their pencil.
Conversation with Magdalena.
Drew:” hi”
Magdalena:” what do you want?
Drew:to wine taste
Magdalena: there is a R20 tasting fee
Drew: ok
The only bad thing about ataraxia is the treacherous drive especially if you have a small car. But once in the wine longe the wine and the service makes up for it all. They have 3 beautifully crafted wines and the host Pamela is warm, friendly and told us all about pigs.
I’m there like a bear anytime
Creation where to begin? Popped in on Thursday afternoon and Kyle gave us a very informative and delightfully tasting. They have a quint tasting room with lovely views and the wines are equally quint the viognier was rather refreshing and stood out.
Well worth the visit
3 wines are served here and the viognier and Bordeaux blend are insane not much can be said aboutvthenwhite blend except that it’s average and young. The view and setting make up for the r30 tasting fee and jani/ Jana the tasting room lady on weekends is kewl and chilled
Worth the visit
The tasting room is really cool and the wines are average. Nothing more to say