91 points and a Best Buy from the Wine Enthusiast: "This blend of Pinotage, Cabernet, Merlot and Cabernet Franc is full-bodied and complex, with layered aromas of cherry, banana and warming spices, and smooth, elegant flavors of cedar, cherry, tobacco smoke and red berries. Velvety, soft tannins and a clean finish give it a classy touch. The wine can age, but drink now and you won’t be disappointed." (12/09) Made from a very unusual but typical-for-South-Africa blend of 50% Pinotage and the rest Bordeaux varietals, this is a full bodied red with ripe, ... Read More » 

Inventory: Main Warehouse Redwood City

This historic estate is located only 45 minutes drive from Cape Town and is situated near the Cape's famous Wine Routes. Pinotage is the flagship wine here, and though you may have read disparaging things about the grape, one taste of this 2008 will soon convert you! Spicy and brambly, with dark berry notes and a hint of chocolate and coffee, this red is great with rustic foods like burgers and grilled steaks. 91 points and Editors Choice from The Wine Enthusiast: " The label reads "The Original coffe/chocolate Pinotage" and boyare they right. This is pu... Read More » 

Inventory: Hollywood Main Warehouse Redwood City San Francisco

93 points from The Wine Spectator: "Ripe and polished, with a superfresh core of red and black currant fruit, licorice, spice cake and braised fig. The great tangy, embedded structure carries the long, iron-tinged finish. Should stretch out nicely with cellaring. Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Merlot. Drink now through 2015." 3,060 cases made. "The Rust en Vrede Estate Red Blend is the first South African wine to be in The Wine Spectators Top 100 four years in a row and only once in a decade did it score below 90 points, and that was 89 points.! The 200... Read More » 

Inventory: Hollywood Main Warehouse Redwood City San Francisco

91(+?) points Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Mar/Apr 09: "(45% cabernet sauvignon, 38% merlot, 13% petit verdot, 3% cab franc and 1% malbec) Full, saturated medium ruby. Primal aromas of blackcurrant, licorice and exotic flowers. Rich, broad and smoky, with superb fat and depth. Very ripe dark berry flavors are complicated by hints of truffle and tobacco leaf. This layered, large-scaled wine is extremely young today. Finishes quite dry and uncompromising, with big, chewy tannins and powerful backbone." 

Inventory: Hollywood Main Warehouse Redwood City San Francisco

This is the first time for this wine to come to the United States and to our shelfs. Made with the classic blend of Bordeaux varietals, the wine is comprised of 54% cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc, 6% Malbec and 4% Petite Verdot. This wine reminds me of "old school" Napa Cabernet with dusty tannins cloaking a core of black cherry, violets, cedar and a hint of flat cola. There is fine balance and length to this fine offering from South Africa that carries a five-star rating from The Platter Guide, which is the top source in South Africa ... Read More » 

Inventory: Main Warehouse Redwood City San Francisco

92 points Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Mar/Apr 09: "Bright yellow with a golden tinge; much lighter than the 2007. Sexy, highly nuanced nose combines white peach, pineapple, iodiney minerality, musky ginger and leesy nuances, all lifted by a floral topnote; like a hypothetical blend of Meursault and Chassagne. Densely packed, brisk and deep, with lovely racy acidity and a rocky element giving a light touch and impressive energy to the flavors of citrus and stone fruits, nutmeg and minerals. Finishes very subtle and very long, with excellen... Read More » 

Inventory: Hollywood

Shannon Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc expresses all the typical Elgin Sauvignon Blanc nuances. A dash of Semillon is added to round off the edges of the Sauvignon Blanc acidity and also provides a fuller mouth feel to the mid palate. This 2008 exhibits a complex gooseberries and tropical fruit medley, even spicy, with excellent purity, bringing along a juicy texture, which is ripe, intense and delicate, the length is further complimented by lots of quartz minerality, which is very rare in the Cape, but seems to be an emerging hallmark of Elgin Valley Sauvign... Read More » 

Inventory: Hollywood Main Warehouse Redwood City San Francisco