As you may well know by now, The Swartland Gospel will be back this November for another communion; spreading the good words and works of people from places that make interesting wines.

As mentioned (here) our guests this year will come all the way from California (they say CPT – San Francisco is the longest flight you can take but I don’t know if they ever went to Sydney via Dubai and Hong Kong… anyway…):

Come November 3rd we’re taking over the seaside town of Saldanha with Teagan Passalacqua (of Turley Wines and Sandlands) and legendary grocer (and “catalyst in the re-evaluation and renaissance of Zinfandel”) Darrel Corti.

Now I know we said we’d release tickets by the end of June, BUT I am here to ask for your patience brothers and sisters; patience and faith as we negotiate the stormy seas of importing wine from a land across the waters. Between the admin skills of two travelling winemakers, the red tape, the import tax and the school holidays, we are not yet capable of calculating the cost of a ticket.

But I can share some news of wines with you today. I can tell you that we’re getting ready to ship fifteen different wines:

• two Chenin Blancs (from the same vineyard but harvested five years apart)
• two red table wines (from the same vintage but from vineyards 61.4 miles or 98km apart)
• a Marato (aka Mourvedre)
• a Cinsault
• a Trousseau (I had to look that one up: aka Bastardo and Merenzao, is an old variety of red wine grape originating in eastern France)
• a Carignan
• and no less than seven Zinfandels (from one vintage; two different brands and six unique vineyards)

To get on board our bus for an epic tasting trip around California, CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE MAILING LIST and be FIRST to know when we do release tickets.

We thank you for your patient understanding.