Wines I Like

My latest wine club case. Also featuring my very first Pinotage from McFarlane Wines! 👇🏼

Wine Cellar has changed their name 👇🏼

This is where all the @WinesILike members are based! Join the community with the March quarterly case below 🍷📦🇿🇦👇🏽

March case: shop.winesilike.co.za/wines-i-like-b…

My latest @WinesILike quarterly case is now available 🍷📦 For the first time since the club started in 2022(!), I'm featuring an absolute standout Pinotage! Orders will close 16 March, with deliveries starting 19 March. Get your below 👇🏽

Delivery of happiness, courtesy @WinesILike A lekker brandy mix, excited to get stuck in here.

Through @WinesILike I'm doing a SA Brandy Case 🥃📦 3 brandies, each unique in style and origin. I've got extremely limited quantities available. Interested? Please visit my DMs.

I recently received a DM where the person asked for wine farm recommendations when visiting Stellenbosch. See my recommendation below 👇🏼 Firstly, there are obviously 100's of different options, I can't recommend every single farm. The one thing I feel the @StellWineRoute is missing on the marketing end, is the focus on micro routes within the area. Stellenbosch is a massive wine region and it consists out of many micro climates and clusters of farms. For someone who comes from Gauteng or London, it can be a daunting task to simply "go for a wine tasting in Stellies". So my proposal to @StellWineRoute would be (and please accept my apologies of you already have this in place),is to do more segmentation of the various farms. It would be far easier for tourists to make a decision on where they'd like to go. Roll out maps showing these segments and add road signs as well. In any event, below are the three "micro wine routes" I created as options for this tourist: Option 1 (the views on this route are epic) - Uva Mira - Hidden Valley - Ernie Els Option 2 (these farms are all on the Helshoogte pass between Stellenbosch and Franschhoek) - Oldenburg (a bit of drive out of Stellies and also usually a longer tasting) - Tokara - Delaire Graff (if there is time left) Option 3 (Probably the most peaceful route) - Jordan - DeMorgenzon - Super Single Vineyards (check out their lavender as well!) 🇿🇦🍷

Hanepoot made from vines that are nearly 100 years old!

Mirum by Léze Herholdt 100% Hemel and Aarde Ridge Semillon

Skin contact Alvarinho by Fledge & Co. Lekker!

Be festive ✨️

Earlier this month I joined @Askash for a ... wait for it ... water tasting! 💧 Lanzerac recently opened a water tasting room and it was actually far more interesting than I thought it would be. At the end of the tasting you realise how rubbish the water is that we consumer daily, how terrible bottled water is due to all the plastic, how proper water can actually play a vital role in boosting electrolytes and how well water fits into the fine dining scene. We tasted waters from different sources and ages (the oldest we had was 800yrs!). To understand the difference in taste, we tasted it with a glass of red wine: 1 sip water, 1 sip wine. The minerality in the water changes how you perceive the taste of the wine. It was really cool. Even when picking 'still' or 'sparkling', it has an effect on how your food taste afterwards. I know many would brush it off as a waste of time, but it was really educational and has forced some changes in how we use water at home. Thanks again for the invite @Askash!

Always a treat!

Cheers Conrad! Hope you enjoy our Fledge inspired case! FLTR: - Old Vine Swartland Chenin - Cape White Fortified (white prt) - Elgin Pinot Noir

Olé for Springfield Albariño, Vamos! winegoggle.co.za/2025/12/07/ole…

Delicious white port and tonic thanks to @WinesILike and The Fledge & Co.

For those interested in the view from the vineyard. Leon (Fledge) visited the Elgin site today where the Fledge Katvis Pinot Noir (that is in this box) is grown. This is for 2026 harvest.

The Fledge and I have put together one last "Krismis Boks" if you are still in need of some holiday wine! Each case contains: 2 x Fledge White Fortified (or white port) 2 x Fledge Chenins 2 x Fledge Pinot Noir R1,200 a case including delivery anywhere in the Republic. DM me.

Something cool for early next year. I'm getting 10 Staanribs from the Karoo. If you're interested in one, just drop your email address here: forms.gle/MywwtYyu44tiFb… Cape Town & Surrounds only! I can't get a Staanrib to Jozi just yet...