14 March2026
Cabernet & Candlelight
The Old Mill Room, Kloof
Six Cabernets poured blind, from a first-vintage newcomer to a twenty-year-old benchmark, with a slow-braised supper between flights.
12 seats remainingReserve
Good wine is better with a table full of people.
We are a member-run society of curious drinkers. Every month we sit down with a producer, open something worth talking about, and stay far longer than planned.
- 280+
- Members
- 11
- Tastings a year
- 28
- Years pouring
Not a bottle shop, not a scoring panel. A society of neighbours who believe the best way to learn about wine is to drink it slowly, together, with the person who grew it.
Upcoming tastings
Members book first; remaining seats open to guests two weeks before each evening.
11 April2026
Chenin, End to End
Riverbend Hall, Hillcrest
An evening tracing Chenin Blanc from bone-dry granite slopes to golden late harvest, hosted by a winemaker who grew up in the vines.
24 seats remainingReserve
9 May2026
The Cellar Table
Guest estate, Elgin Valley
Our annual road trip: a barrel tasting underground, lunch on the terrace and a members-only allocation to carry home.
Waiting list openReserve
What it means to belong
Annual membership runs from March to February and covers the year's programme, the journal and access to every allocation we secure.
R950per person, per year
Join the SocietyMonthly tastings
Eleven curated evenings a year, always seated, always with the person who made the wine in the room.
Member pricing
Direct-from-cellar allocations at trade rates, with a case delivered to your door each quarter if you'd like one.
The Society journal
A printed note before every tasting: producer, vintage, soil, and what to look for in the glass.
Guest privileges
Bring a friend twice a year at member rates — most of our new members arrive exactly this way.
Cellar workshops
Small-group sessions on blind tasting, storage and building a cellar that suits your table, not a scorecard.
A standing invitation
No dress code, no jargon test at the door. Curiosity is the only requirement for membership.
Featured producers
Small farms, honest farming and people who answer their own phones. These are the cellars pouring for us over the coming months.
Stonewell Ridge
Elgin Valley
Cool-climate Syrah from a single windswept block, whole-bunch and unhurried.
Marais & Daughter
Swartland
Old bush-vine Chenin farmed dry, fermented in concrete, bottled without fuss.
Hartslief Cellars
Stellenbosch
Three generations of Cabernet, still pressed in the same 1974 basket press.
Evenings we still talk about
November 2025 · 68 members
The Great Pinotage Reckoning
Ten Pinotages, two hours of spirited disagreement, and a surprise winner at R145 a bottle.
February 2025 · 40 members
Harvest Lunch at Stonewell Ridge
Long tables under the oaks, a barrel sample straight from the cellar, and everyone home by dark.
December 2024 · 55 members
Champagne vs. Cap Classique
Poured blind and scored honestly. The room split almost exactly down the middle.
“I joined knowing nothing except that I liked red. Two years on, I have a cellar, a notebook and about forty new friends.”
Pull up a chair at the next tasting
Leave your address and we'll send the season's programme, the membership form and an invitation to come as our guest first — no obligation to stay.
One letter a month. Never your details to anyone else.
Run by members, for members
Anna Delport
Chairperson
Fifteen harvests, still takes notes on paper.
Sipho Mkhize
Cellar Master
Curates the allocations and the arguments.
Rui Ferreira
Events
Finds the rooms, the tables and the long lunches.
Kate Naidoo
Membership
First to greet you at your first tasting.
Get in touch
- Telephone
- 031 000 0000
- Where we meet
- The Old Mill Room
Kloof, Upper Highway
KwaZulu-Natal - Tastings
- Second Saturday of the month, 18:30