Wine and Co - the SKN 'n BNZ Steen...
According to the weather guys, there is a massive cold front due to make landfall in the Cape today and tomorrow so make sure you have enough wine to see you through the weekend before you batten down the hatches!
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My photographic skills are not the best but you can see the beautiful colour of this 'alternative' Chenin I enjoyed last weekend - it was amazing!
“SKN ‘n BNZ’ ’17 - Swartland Steen 1972: Stems, skins, pips ‘n all! Gnarled dry land bush vine Swartland Steen purportedly planted in 1972 provided a meagre harvest in this parched vintage. Whole clusters - stems, skins pips ‘n all – fermented in an opentop fermenter, gentle manual pigeage, foot-pressed into an old French oak barrique & 11 months later bottled directly from cask; purposefully unfined, unfiltered with a portion of fine lees for further bottle development. A potpourri of heady aromatics segues to a textured lengthy palate perfect for gastronomic delights or generous libation amongst friends. [A mere 305 bottles of this skin-contact Steen were crafted.]
Price: R200.00
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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, La Trappe Trappist 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 or you are not satisfied with the quality, 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.
