Saturday | Sunday Weekend Tasting: Thistle and Weed Wines
The well-named “Cape of Storms” certainly lived up to its name recently and has been in the news over the past week or so due to the torrential rains that caused havoc throughout the area, especially the Overberg. Some parts have been without water and/or electricity for over a week and the damage to infrastructure and property has been immense, while some wine estates and orchards have suffered loss of arable land. Our thoughts are with those who are battling to get back on their feet and we hope things will be back to normal sooner rather than later although it will take a few months for us to be completely back ‘on the grid’, as it were.
With access to The Valley currently almost non-existent from all directions, we are helping the Bosman Hermanus guys by being their ‘Tasting Room in Town’ and have some of their Hemel en Aarde wines available to taste (and purchase) in our shop. Please do stop in to taste their wines…
Weekend Tasting
The Thistle and Weed wines made by Stephanie Wiid are named after types of thorns, one of which is the Duwweltjie Chenin Blanc and that is the bottle we will be opening this weekend. Here is a reminder of what to expect: Grapes from a Paarl vineyard planted in 1961. Pear, peach and fynbos on the nose. The palate has good clarity of fruit, snappy acidity and a particularly dry finish. Vivid and poised. Christian Eedes’ rating: 94/100.
Stop in over the weekend to try the Duwweltjie!
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There should always be an empty parking space in the corner next to our shop, but if not please feel free to stop directly in front of our shop while you are with us - this will save you time driving around looking for a parking space.
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- Monday to Saturday: 9am - 6pm.
- Sunday + Public holidays: 10am - 4pm.
About Us
Have you ever heard about a great wine but could never find a bottle for yourself (to share with friends, of course)? Well, the team at Wine & Company do all the hard work for you! We visit wine farms and attend tastings to find, taste, and then stock wine from the smaller Estates and independent winemakers who buy grapes and produce outstanding wine under their own labels – much the same as the French negociants have been doing for centuries. Given that these winemakers make wine in such small quantities, sometimes just a single barrel, their wine will never be found on the shelves of the major retailers, but only in specialist shops like Wine & Company on High Street, Hermanus.
In addition to the great selection of well-known wines and MCC's, we also stock local craft gin and beer, French Champagne, Belgian Ales as well as whisky and other spirits. Wine & Company (established in 1998 by Bartho Eksteen) has a well-earned reputation for stocking hard-to-find small-batch wines and we strive to continue this great tradition. If you purchase a bottle of wine from us and it is faulty we will gladly replace the bottle and return the faulty wine to the winemaker.
Feel free to contact Wine & Company if you need a particular wine and we will do our best to source it for you. We are also able to ship wine locally and to most countries so do ask about international shipping.
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Please note that our website does not show the complete range of wine that we have in stock, so please do contact us if you are looking for something not listed online, especially those that are 'allocation' only.
We offer free delivery in and around Hermanus, and free shipping to major centres around South Africa for orders over R1600. Please contact us for international shipping rates.
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