April 22, 2026
Late, even budburst — the cold hung on at 100–500 m and kept the vines asleep an extra week. I don't mind; slow starts tend to finish right.
2026 Vintage
Cape Bordeaux Red Blend
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Varietals
Cabernet Sauvignon · Merlot · Cabernet Franc
Per vine
$86
Yield
1.2 bottles / vine
Enrollment
Full — wait list open
The place
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Stellenbosch, South Africa
A working estate in Stellenbosch, South Africa — Cabernet Sauvignon farmed on decomposed granite on slopes, alluvium on the valley floor, warm mediterranean, cooled by false bay breezes. The place sets the wine: judge it on the live data feed and the samples across the season.
- Wine
- Cape Bordeaux Red Blend
- Vessel
- 300L French hogshead
- Yield
- 1.2 bottles / vine
- Minimum
- 5 vines
- Per vine
- $86
- Vintage
- 2026
Blend
Cabernet Sauvignon60%
Merlot25%
Cabernet Franc15%
The year ahead
Every shipment, every sample, every pick.
Real dates as they're known. Updated as the vintage progresses.
November 2026
Flowering update
Fruit set, first yield estimate.
January 2027
Verijuice ships
Pressed from green fruit, shipped to every member.
March 2027
Pick expected
Livestream from dawn. Date confirmed 48 hours ahead.
May 2027
Post-ferment sample
Your wine at its youngest, weeks after pressing.
August 2027
First barrel sample
A pull from the vessel where your wine lives.
November 2027
Blend trial
Vote on the final cuvée with the Crew.
February 2028
Bottling
Livestream from the bottling line.
April 2028
Wine arrives
Your bottles, allocated pro-rata to your vines.
November 2026
Flowering update
Fruit set, first yield estimate.
January 2027
Verijuice ships
Pressed from green fruit, shipped to every member.
March 2027
Pick expected
Livestream from dawn. Date confirmed 48 hours ahead.
May 2027
Post-ferment sample
Your wine at its youngest, weeks after pressing.
August 2027
First barrel sample
A pull from the vessel where your wine lives.
November 2027
Blend trial
Vote on the final cuvée with the Crew.
February 2028
Bottling
Livestream from the bottling line.
April 2028
Wine arrives
Your bottles, allocated pro-rata to your vines.
Meet the current Crew
13
members
22
cities
7
countries represented
5 yrs
average tenure in wine
No individual profiles — privacy matters inside the Crew. You'll meet each other once you're in.
How it's priced
By the vine.
This lot is priced per vine. Buy as few as 5 — choose how many in the next step. Your bottles are allocated pro-rata to your vines.
Cape Bordeaux Red Blend
Priced by the vine · 5-vine minimum
$86 / vine
From $430 · 5 vines · USD
- A share of the lot, by the vine (5-vine minimum)
- Samples across the season: verijuice, post-ferment, barrel, finished wine
- A vote at every fork — pick date, oak, where the blend lands
- Your bottles at release, allocated pro-rata to your vines
- Livestream access to every moment
Lot full
Pickup or ship
How your wine reaches you.
Swing by the tasting room when the next shipment is ready. Free. For everyone else, ship is the default and equally smooth.
Ship to my address
Standard carrier, adult signature required. Flat fee per shipment. You can switch the destination per shipment at any time.
Ships to: US
Choose at signup. Switch per shipment anytime.
Recent updates
From the rows.
April 2, 2026
Finished pruning the home block today. My hands are reminding me how many cuts that is. The oldest vines on decomposed granite on slopes, alluvium on the valley floor get pruned last, by me, every year.
March 16, 2026
Reservoir check came back lower than I'd like. We'll dry-farm the old vines and water only the young ones. Less wine, but the right wine.
Join this Crew.
One year of your life, inside one vineyard's year — followed by the vine, from bud break to bottle.