Testalonga, El Bandito, SKIN, Swartland, South Africa Saint-Vèran the saying is used by

the saying is used by the main character who remains optimistic

After pressing the wine is returned to the tanks for 10-11 months before bottling

savoury style of wine

The first fermentation lasts around 20 days in steel tanks using wild yeasts

yet attractively exotic and lively

Testalonga, El Bandito, SKIN, Swartland, South Africa Saint-Vèran the saying is used byCraig and Carla Hawkins' wines seem to get better with every vintage. They make beautiful, poised, satisfying and utterly lovely wines from low yielding vines mainly growing on granitic soils in Swartland. Often using techniques including whole bunch ferments, extended skin contact and old oak foudres, with just a touch of sulphites at bottling, these are lovely, almost delicate wines that are a million miles from the stereotypical blockbuster South