Five winemakers. Plus Shiraz Week. Nine dates, one list.
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Dates, times, seats
Nine dates between 22 September and 12 October. Seat numbers below are the real ones, straight off our booking sheet. Pick a date and book it.
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The main event
Not a rep. Not us reading the back label. The winemaker, pouring their own wine.
Tuesday 22 September · Bot River
With Niels Verburg and Melissa Nelsen
Two Bot River farms in one room. Niels Verburg runs Luddite with his wife Penny, and the Shiraz is what the farm is known for, alongside the Chenin Blanc and the Saboteur blend. Melissa Nelsen's Genevieve is Cap Classique off Chardonnay, grown up the same road. Bubbles first, then red, and both of them pouring their own.
Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 September · Swartland
With Kyle Martin
The Swartland made simple. Three Syrahs off three different grounds, Schist, Granite and Iron, made by the same hands in the same year, so the only thing that changes between the glasses is the rock they grew on. Two nights, because one room will not take everyone who wants this one.
Wednesday 30 September · Elim and the Cape South Coast
With Trizanne Barnard
Trizanne Barnard started her own label in 2008 and built it on the cold edges of the Cape. Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon off Elim, Syrah out of the Swartland, and the Seascape range from the coast. Whites that taste of where they came from, poured by the person who picked the sites.
Monday 12 October · Cederberg
With David Nieuwoudt
The highest vineyards in the Cape, and the last date of the run. David Nieuwoudt pours across the three ranges: Cederberg itself, Ghost Corner, which is grown at Elim on the southern tip, and Five Generations, the flagship. Altitude at one end of the country, cold sea at the other, one cellar.
Wednesday 7 to Saturday 10 October
Four days in the middle of the run, and the one week of the year these bottles get lined up side by side. Two sit down masterclasses, then two parties over the weekend. Forty wines in total.
Wednesday 7 October · two sittings
The comparative one, and the one collectors come for. A three vintage Porseleinberg vertical, Mullineux's Schist, Granite and Iron side by side, and Saronsberg's top three in order. Same hands, same year, only the ground changes.
Thursday 8 October · two sittings
The broad one. Exceptional South African Shiraz from one end of the Cape to the other, the iconic names alongside rare releases and single vineyard wines, from the highest vineyards in the Cederberg to a block planted in 1968.
Friday 9 and Saturday 10 October
Twenty wines open at once, no running order and no seating plan. Taste at your own pace, come and go as you like. Every wine being poured is available to buy and the till is open. Same twenty wines both nights.
Come to both masterclasses and you will have tasted twenty of the best Shiraz in the country in two days. Four wines carry over between them, so the twenty pours are sixteen different bottles.
Everything being poured
Every wine poured is on the shelf afterwards, at the shelf price.
Prices are the shelf price a bottle, including VAT. Wines are subject to availability. Anything we cannot get in time is replaced with one of equal or better standing and you are told before the day.
Before you come
The Good Stuff Company tasting room. The full address goes out with your confirmation.
We hold your seat and send you the bank details. Pay by transfer or in the shop and the seat is yours.
Prices include VAT. Your booking reference is what we match your payment to, so please use it.
Add as many as you like before you check out. They go through as one booking with one reference, and you get a ticket for each evening.
More than seven days before, a full refund. Between seven days and forty eight hours, half, because we may not manage to fill your seat. Inside forty eight hours we cannot refund, but you are welcome to send someone in your place, or take a credit note for a future event.
The full wording is under Ticket conditions below.
A tasting is a tasting. Arrange a lift or a cab before you arrive rather than on the night. We would rather see you again.
Not for persons under the age of 18. Don't drink and drive.
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The PIN is in the Settings tab of the ticket sheet. It is asked for once, and only lives in this page until you close it.
Point it at the guest's code. It reads it on its own.
A handheld barcode scanner types the code and presses enter for you, so it works with no camera at all.
Check the sittings below, then give us your details. We hold the seats the moment you send this.
Leave the nought off the front.
Tickets are for a specific date, so please book with care. If you need to cancel, let us know as soon as you can.
More than seven days before the event, you get a full refund. Between seven days and forty eight hours, we refund half, since we may not manage to fill your seat. Inside forty eight hours we can't refund, but we'll gladly issue a credit note for a future event, or you can send someone in your place.
If the ticket holder can't attend due to death or hospitalisation, contact us and we'll refund in full.
Refunds go back to the original payment method within ten business days.
A seat is held for 48 hours from the time you book. It is confirmed once payment reflects. Unpaid seats are released after 48 hours so someone else can take them.
Wines are subject to availability. If a listed wine cannot be got in time we replace it with one of equal or better standing and tell you before the day.
Nobody under the age of 18 may attend. Bring identification if you look under 25.
We use your name, phone number and email to manage your booking and to contact you about this event. Nothing else.
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