Trading Hours
| Monday to Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Public Holidays: |
09h00 – 16h00 09h00 – 12h45 Closed 09h00 – 12h45. Closed on Good Friday, 25 & 26 December and New Year. |
General info
| Proprietor: MWSC shareholders Manager: Dawie Kriel Winemaker: Carlo Sciocatti Marketing: Dawie Kriel Wine Tourism: Wine tasting and sales. |
Area under vines: 150 ha Production: 250 ton Brands: John Montagu; Uitvlucht Wines: Selection of white and red wine. Potstill brandy. Muscadel. |
More about us
In 2010, the historic Uitvlucht Winery, amalgamated with the Rietrivier Winery, 20km out of town along the Cape R62, to become Montagu Wine and Spirits. The aim of this winery is to keep up with trends and produce wine for ultimate enjoyment, reflected in our colourful, trendsetting labels.
Today, about 70 producers supply grapes for the production of the wines, the furthest 60km apart. The vineyards are situated 400m to 700m above sea level, the Koo region being the highest and coldest with snow in the winter. Due to the hilly and sometimes mountainous terroir, viticulturists choose from a wide range of slopes when considering the best location for specific cultivars. A variety of meso climates can be identified ranging from secluded areas high up in the mountains to the lower riverbeds in the valleys. The daily winds in the afternoon ensures good air circulation, prevents relative high humidity and excessively high temperatures from developing in vine canopies.
This contributes to the optimal environment for physiological ripening of grapes and for the synthesis of colour, flavour and aroma compounds. This diversity of climate, topography and terroir ensure that the cellar can choose from a vast array of grape styles and quality to make the wines for ultimate enjoyment.
Our tastingroom
MWS is proud to present
our tasting room, built into the old historic cement wine tanks. We want to invite you to come and enjoy our wine; you might be pleased to see the excellent prices we are offering our visitors.
Meet the manager
Dawie Kriel
Dawie Kriel
His favourite wine from the cellar
He loves the freshness of their Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc, but is very proud of all the Muscat products the cellar is famous for.
More about Dawie
He loves rugby.
Meet the winemaker
Carlo Sciocatti
Carlo Sciocatti is a winemaker at MWS in Montagu. He has a passion for wine and would like to share his wine knowledge with people.
His favourite wine from the cellar
He likes an in your face red wine that carries through from the nose to the pallet.
More about Carlo
He is a very open and friendly people’s person and loves animals, golfing and predicts rugby scores on superbru. His pets are two Nguni cattle, an Australian cattle dog, a Dutch hound and a ginger cat.
Meet the tasting room personnel
Chrislene Visser
Chrislene Visser is the manager of the tasting room at MWS.
Her favourite wine from the cellar
She loves their New Rouge 5l BIB Red wine. It is an elegant, well-rounded, every day drinking wine, especially with pasta and pizza – her favourite food….
More about Chrislene
She has a vibrant personality, is people orientated and have a very positive outlook on life type.
