Graham Beck, NV Brut Cap Classique, Western Cape, South Africa
Retail: $55| Club Price: $48| Case Price: $547
51% Chardonnay and 49% Pinot Noir, from a multi-regional, multi-clonal selection of carefully chosen, hand-picked grapes from parcels from across the Western Cape including the Graham Beck estate. Whole bunch pressing ensures fractional recovery. After settling of juice the two varietals are fermented separately. They are then cross blended along with reserve wine if necessary, bottled and left for 15 to 18 months yeast contact time before disgorgement. Made in the Methode Cap Classique where second fermentation happens in the bottle, this is South Africa’s Champagne!
A.A. Badenhorst, Secateurs 2025 Chenin Blanc, Swartland, South Africa
Retail: $45| Club Price: $39| Case Price: $445
100% Chenin Blanc from on average 40 year old bush vines which are un-irrigated and farmed as biologically as possible. These vines grow on mixed granite soils, and grapes are harvested over 12 days. These Chenin Blanc grapes were whole cluster pressed and only native yeast was used for fermentation. This wine was aged for 10 months on lees with occasional stirring. A.A Badenhorst Family Wines are owned by cousins Hein and Adi Badenhorst who restored the cellar on the farm that was last used in the 1930s to make natural wines in the traditional manner.
Groot Constantia 2021 Sauvignon Blanc, Constantia, South Africa
Retail: $57| Club Price: $49| Case Price: $559
91% Sauvignon Blanc and 9% Semillon these grapes are hand picked early in the morning to retain freshness and fruit flavors. They are crushed and destemmed into the press giving the juice some skin contact before being separated. Only the free run juice is used, which is then settled and cold fermented in stainless steel tanks to enhance the varietal characters. After fermentation, the wine is left on the lees for six months before being racked, fined and stabilized in preparation for bottling.
Rustenberg 2024 Unwooded Chardonnay, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Retail: $53| Club Price: $46| Case Price: $525
100% Chardonnay grown on granite, clay and sand based soils. Rustenberg is a well-known producer of premium Chardonnay and the Unwooded Chardonnay is the only unoaked iteration of this varietal in the Rustenberg range. These grapes were destemmed, crushed and pressed and then fermented in stainless steel tanks. This wine is made using the wild yeast present on the grapes at the time of harvesting, and aged on lees for 2-3 months for further palate weight and complexity. The omission of oak in this wine creates an elegant Chardonnay with fresh and fruity characteristic.
Painted Wolf Wines 2023 Pinotage, Paarl, South Africa
Retail: $57| Club Price: $49| Case Price: $559
85% Pinotage with 15% mix of Shiraz, Grenache, and Mourvedre. The majority of the Pinotage was fermented in tanks with French and American oak staves. A portion of the wine was fermented in small open-top fermenters and matured in small French and American oak barrels. The brand Painted wolf was inspired by the endangered African wild dog, a percentage of profits from each bottle is donated to support charities dedicated to the conservation of the species, and the painted wolf proudly graces each of their labels.
Black Pearl 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon, Paarl, South Africa
Retail: $63| Club Price: $55| Case Price: $627
85% Cabernet Sauvignon 15% Shiraz Black Pearl Vineyards is an unirrigated vineyard on the slopes of Paarl Mountain. Mary Lou Nash relocated from Maine in 1995 and taught herself how to grow grapes and make wine. Mary Lou has earned quite the reputation in the SA’s industry as a renegade winemaker and a Cape Wine Master. These grapes were hand harvested, cold soaked and open tank punch downs were done gently by hand, 3X daily for the duration of the ferment. This was aged for 12 months in used French oak and bottling is always unfined and very seldom filtered.
The Curator 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon, Swartland, South Africa
Retail: $51| Club Price: $44| Case Price: $502
90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Pinotage. The Curator is always a blend of the best parcels available from a vintage, with the goal of creating a delicious, easy drinking, and regionally authentic wine. Grapes are sourced from dry-farmed bush vines, many over 100 years old. Grown on granite and slate soils, these grapes are picked by hand and chilled overnight. The juice is pressed and moved into fermentation tanks the following day. The wine is matured for six months in concrete tanks and old casks before bottling.
Boxhead 2024 Shiraz, Swartland, South Africa
Retail: $61| Club Price: $53| Case Price: $604
100% Shiraz grown on granite soils, all sustainable and dry farmed. The parcels were harvested, primarily destemmed and placed whole-berry into stainless-steel fermenters. Native yeast carried out the fermentation with routine pump overs and after seven days on the skins, the lots were dry and then basket-pressed. The wine then went to neutral oak for aging. Malolactic fermentation occurred naturally and after 10 months of aging the lots were selected and blended back to tank to settle. The wine was bottled without fining and just with a coarse filtration and addition of sulfur.