March 2021

The 2021 harvest has been interesting and relatively unpredictable in most areas despite most soil moisture conditions being a lot better. The excellent rains we received in 2020 meant that most dams managed to fill nicely. The weather during harvest season, which started early January, has seen cooler picking conditions with higher yields and reports of excellent quality fruit which bodes for a good vintage overall!

The revised Lockdown 1 announced from the 1st March has allowed us to reopen as follows:

Newlands:
Monday to Friday: 09.00 – 19.00
Saturday: 09.00 – 17.00
Public Holidays: 09.00 – 14.00
Sunday: Closed

Kloof Street:
Monday to Friday: 09.00 – 19.00
Saturday: 09.00 – 17.00
Public Holidays: – 09.00 – 17.00
Sunday: Closed

V’know – Wine Appreciation Pack – March/ April 2021
The third edition of our successful V’know Wine Appreciation Pack’s is now available. An exciting selection of six delicious wines with a detailed description of each of the wines included in the pack (including a glossary of wine terms referred to).

Packs are available in both our stores or order online by clicking the V’know banner on the right of our newsletter. Enjoy!

Recipe
For our recipe this month Michael Olivier gives us his delicious Fish, Ceviche with Granadilla Dressing.

Discover new products in our stores

What’s up

Cardiff Castle Newlands – New happenings Our Wine Concept store in Newlands welcomes a couple of new neighbours and the relocation of Gogo’s to Italo’s (ex-Melissa’s) as follows:

Paradise Road @ Table Seven – We believe in “living life beautifully”, a big part of which is food, and that’s why we’ve partnered with Table Seven who are passionate about “good food and wine, good tunes and lots of laughter, for as long and slow as time will allow”
Read more…

Kristen’s Kick Ass Ice Cream is a small batch artisanal scoop shop, making American style ice cream made and served with love!

Gogo’s @ Italo’s – Deirdré has moved to the upper section of Italo’s deli around the corner (ex-Melissa’s ) and continues to offer her wonderful free range meats, biltong, fresh veggies and other delicious products.

UberEATS and Wine Concepts

Our Wine Concepts stores are the preferred UberEATS suppliers of wines etc (Kloof Street – Cape Town and Gardens and Newlands – Southern Suburbs). Our comprehensive lists have an exciting range of products, at store prices, which are updated on a regular basis. Please download the UberEATS app and have a look at what we offer, make a selection and then have your order delivered to your door!

Competition @ Newlands

Journeys End Vineyards
Buy any 2 bottles from the Journeys End range and stand a chance to win a signed Journeys End Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 magnum in a wooden box.

The House of Krone – monthly email address competition!
Just bring your business card or email details to our Newlands store and be in line to win a bottle of the delicious Krone Borealis Brut bubbly!

Competition @ Kloof Street

Compagniesdrift
Buy a bottle of Compagniesdrift wines and stand a chance to win a mixed case of 6 bottles.

Competition Winners

Read more about the winners of our in-store competitions.