Platters Wine Guide 2022 – Newcomer Winery of the Year “Cool, refreshing and yet firm with a spine. On a hot day, at a well-laden outdoor table, this would be heaven. Its so much more substantial than most Sauvignons. Well made! Should develop well.”Jancis Robinson, jancisrobinson.com

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From the Platter Guide’s Newcomer of the Year 2022, The Vineyard party is one of South Africa’s most exciting new micro-producers! Winemaker Jolette Steyn seeks out sustainably farmed vineyards that prioritise biodiversity, and works with avant-garde, low intervention techniques in the cellar. Both unusually named wines come with wonderful stories behind them too.“I’m your Huckleberry”has two meanings: it is a phrase from a nineties Western, called Tombstone, and a particular scene where Val Kilmer’s character shows up to a duel and delivers this line. It signifies acceptance of a challenge, saying ‘I’m the one you’re looking for’; ‘Call me, I’ll answer’; ‘Tell me where, I’ll show up/I’ll be there’, ‘I’m it’. So,in part, it’s a chat between Smillon and herself, saying ‘Let’s do this, let’s be there, let’s show up!’ It was also the name of a black Labrador whom Jolette loved dearly, and part of the team of her favourite and most influential harvest team in a small town called Lompoc in California.