Please join us on Friday, 11 June 2021 as we delve into the world of ‘wine in a can’ with Hennie Huskisson, general manager and head winemaker at Cloof Wine Estate in the small Swartland town of Darling.
Although Australia was probably the first to try the idea of putting wine in a can – as early as 1996 – South Africa has been slow on the uptake. The idea is only just catching on in the SA wine industry and one wonders how popular wine in a can really is.
Join Hennie and me as we discuss these topics and others while tasting exactly how well the canned Cloof Wines are doing compared to their bottled counterparts.
Read more about Hennie HERE.
Read more about Cloof Wine Estate HERE.
We will be tasting the following fantastic wines produced by Hennie and his team, featuring both red and white wines:
Wine in a can:
Ruby Darling (Red Blend) = £18.99 (6 x 250 ml cans)
Rosy Darling (Rosé) = £17.99 (6 x 250 ml cans)
Daisy Darling (Sauvignon Blanc) = £18.99 (6 x 250 ml cans)
Bottled wine:
Cloof Wine Maker’s Selection Chenin Blanc = £16.50
Cloof Wine Maker’s Selection Lynchpin = £21.50
Cloof Wine Maker’s Selection Crucible Shiraz = £37.50
The tasting notes of the wines are available HERE.
We are pleased to partner with online wine merchant K and L Wines to supply the above wines. The Maties Wine Connoisseur tasting pack, including tasting tubes for the bottled wine, may be ordered at £99.50. *Delivery is free on UK orders over £100. Please check the website for all delivery costs.
For our Maties Wine Club members, an exclusive 10% discount is available until 25 June 2021 at 12:00. Please use discount code MATIE10 at checkout.
Click HERE to order your wine.
(Remember, the three bottled wines have a limited availability in the UK. The principle of first come, first served will accordingly apply for these wines.)
The Saxenburg Wines from our last tasting are available for ordering on the same page.
*Tasting tubes comprising 50 ml of the bottled wine are available and you may use these for tasting purposes. That means you can open the bottle at a later date.
Event details
Date: Friday, 11 June 2021
Time: 19:00 – 21:00 (GMT)
Venue: CLICK HERE to join online with Zoom.
RSVP: Contact darrynh@sun.ac.za to let us know if you will be joining us.
The Maties Wine Club UK & Ireland is a free membership society catering for Stellenbosch University alumni who are currently living in the UK or the Republic of Ireland. If you know of any Matie in these regions who would be interested in joining, do get them to contact me on darrynh@sun.ac.za.
Looking forward to seeing you online!
