Red Wines

Playful | Bright, Juicy & a mountain of fun. Lightness all around. 
Sexy with Substance | Juicy, exciting, sex bombs. Medium all around. 
Bold | Deep, mysterious with more layers than a parfait. Full-tilt, full-on.

Ltd. + Wines

EOLA SPRINGS GAMAY NOIR

$343

By Ltd +

 RED | PLAYFUL
This Beaujolais-baby grape is making a name for itself in Oregon and we are here for it!

WHAT WE TASTE
Ripe blueberries, plums and a pop of white pepper

PERFECT PAIRING
Pau’s heirloom carrots with roast aubergine purée, roast goose, char siu bao
TEMP CHECK
A little time in the fridge before serving goes a long way!
ABOUT LTD +

Chad and Bree Stock, a husband-and-wife team, have merged their superpowers and unique backgrounds in wine to create Ltd. +, which emerged as a collaboration with farmers in the area, inspired to develop a diverse and sustainable wine landscape. The wines, often made from less common grape varieties adopting innovative techniques, are changing preconceived notions of Oregon wine.

THE GOOD THINGS THEY DO
Where do we start? The whole project is geared toward ensuring Oregon remains a viable wine-growing region through climate change. They’re not only encouraging growers to work with a more diverse spread of grapes that will weather the changing weather, but they’re also ensuring that seasonal workers are employed for longer because these alternative grapes ripen at different times. They’re also active supporters of the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities in wine.
OUR FAVE THING ABOUT THIS WINE
We love how lively and lovely this wine is – it’s like that smart-funny friend we all love.
THE TECHNICAL STUFF
Place: Eola-Amity Hills, Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
Grapes: Gamay Noir
Style: Bright & baking-spice-y
Ingredients: Grapes & minimal sulphites
Guthrie Family Wines Galaxy Carbonic Carignan, Napa Valley, USA, Red Wine, Bottle
Guthrie Family Wines

GALAXY CARBONIC CARIGNAN

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By Guthrie Family Wines

RED | PLAYFUL
“Wow! That’s a whole lot of fun in your mouth!” Fifi said it best! Katy Perry to the Heirloom Grenache’s Britney Spears.

WHAT WE TASTE
Handfuls of sour Skittles, blood orange and cranberries

PERFECT PAIRING
Burgers & fries while jamming to Baby One More time (according to Blair)
TEMP CHECK
30 min of chill
ABOUT GUTHRIE FAMILY WINES

Blair and Caroline Guthrie are making honest wines, farmed responsibly. Their baby side project (only 600 cases a year) is filled with so much love – their wines are comforting and lighthearted as a Sunday morning dance party in your bathrobe. Beneath that, they are strongly focused on preserving and encouraging the good in the world – environmentally, ethically and everything in between.

OUR FAVE THING ABOUT THIS WINE
Blair makes this wine *because* of the vineyard. The Testa Vineyard was planted in 1912 and is a reflection of everything Blair is looking to represent in his wines – farmed organically since before anyone cared about that, family-owned, fluffy dogs running around. The fact that the vineyard is SO old also helps tone down how much fruit the vines produce – Carignan can produce up to four times the amount of fruit as Cabernet Sauvignon. Less fruit = more concentration = better quality wines (think about watering down mix-a-drink, it’s no good when it’s too diluted)
THE TECHNICAL STUFF
Place: Mendocino County, California, USA
Grape: Carignan
Style: Crunchy and bright
Ingredients: Grapes + absolutely minimal sulphites
Kottabos Pinotage on concrete floor
Kottabos

PINOTAGE

$255

By Kottabos

RED | SEXY WITH SUBSTANCE
Only the 2nd vintage of this wine, and, naturally, Reenen is already making magic.

WHAT WE TASTE
Violets, purple Fruitips, scrubby herbs

PERFECT PAIRING
Korean BBQ, strip steak with Sichuan peppercorn cream sauce (wink), some good ol’ biltong
TEMP CHECK
As we always recommend for a red in Hong Kong heat, give it a few minutes to cool off in the fridge
ABOUT KOTTABOS

Kottabos takes its name from an ancient Greek drinking game, where after a few glasses of wine, friends would fling leftover lees toward targets—because why not? In this case, it's a side project from Reenen Borman of Boschkloof, designed for experimentation beyond his family’s estate. A second-generation winemaker, Reenen has earned a reputation as one of South Africa’s best (casually – he’s been awarded more 99 points by international critics than any other South African winemaker in history, and one of less than 10 to be awarded 100 pts), bringing both technical skill and instinct to Boschkloof’s vineyards. After studying at Elsenburg and gaining hands-on experience in the Rhône Valley, he returned to Stellenbosch to refine the wines that have shaped his name over the years. That dedication was recognised in 2023 when he became a member of the prestigious Cape Winemakers Guild—an honour reserved for only around 40 winemakers in South Africa. (Niels at Luddite is also one of the OG members!)

THE GOOD THINGS THEY DO
The Borman family prioritises sustainable farming, handpicking every grape to ensure quality, while the cellar approach stays minimal—ambient yeast fermentations, and a move away from new oak in favour of concrete and terra cotta. The result? Wines that are timeless, honest, and full of character. At the heart of it all, three families have worked on the farm and in the cellar for over 15 years, making Boschkloof as much about the people behind the wine as the wine itself.

 

OUR FAVE THING ABOUT THIS WINE
We love the New Wave Pinotage movement in South Africa – much like the Reverie (RIP), this treats the grape like Pinot Noir. The way its inventor, Professor Perold, intended. No Cab energy here.
THE TECHNICAL STUFF
Place: Polkadraai Hills, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Grapes: Pinotage
Style: Balancing boldness & finesse
Ingredients: Grapes & minimal sulphites
Khayelitsha's Finest Wines

RED BLEND

$220

By Khayelitsha's Finest Wines

RED | SEXY WITH SUBSTANCE
Ready for a good time, this baby is a no-holds-barred fruit bomb.

WHAT WE TASTE
Juicy blue and purple fruit sensation with a splash of smokiness

PERFECT PAIRING
Think Southern-style BBQ feast for this one!
TEMP CHECK
Cool room temp is best
ABOUT KHAYELITSHA'S FINEST WINES

Khayelitsha, located on the fringes of Cape Town, is a sprawling township a hangover from the Group Areas Act of the Apartheid regime. Lindile Ndzaba, who was born and raised, and still lives in Khayelitsha is looking to transform the narrative of wines in South Africa. In a country where the vast majority of citizens don’t have access to transport to visit wine farms or the money to spend in expensive city restaurants or bars – he realised he needed to bring fine wine culture to his community, and by doing this also start shifting the mindset of wine for consumption to wine for appreciation. Good wine he believes should be available to all South Africans and not just the privileged. And so, he launched Khayelitsha’s Finest Wines.

The vision of KFW is to see the townships develop and have their own resources to produce products without outsourcing. Not only does Lindile aim to grow his business internationally, but he also wants to encourage the community to work together to further the mindset of “supporting local brands.” He aims to continually provide jobs and, in essence, fight unemployment in the community of Khayelitsha.

OUR FAVE THING ABOUT THIS WINE
I mean, the whole damn concept! They even encourage buyers to return the bottles and have converted old shipping containers into bottle-washing facilities.
THE TECHNICAL STUFF
Place: Stellenbosch, South Africa
Grape: Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon
Style: Fun & fruity
Rouge Crush Wine bottle
Ltd. + Wines

ROUGE CRUSH

$333

By Ltd +

 RED | PLAYFUL
Imagine all of your favourite bright red fruits just tumbling out of a glass!

WHAT WE TASTE
Raspberry, cherry, strawberry & rooibos tea

PERFECT PAIRING
Middle Eastern spiced dishes, Cami’s beef tartare, 5-spiced duck
TEMP CHECK
This gal loves a little bit of a chill
ABOUT LTD +

Chad and Bree Stock, a husband-and-wife team, have merged their superpowers and unique backgrounds in wine to create Ltd. +, which emerged as a collaboration with farmers in the area, inspired to develop a diverse and sustainable wine landscape. The wines, often made from less common grape varieties adopting innovative techniques, are changing preconceived notions of Oregon wine.

THE GOOD THINGS THEY DO
Where do we start? The whole project is geared toward ensuring Oregon remains a viable wine-growing region through climate change. They’re not only encouraging growers to work with a more diverse spread of grapes that will weather the changing weather, but they’re also ensuring that seasonal workers are employed for longer because these alternative grapes ripen at different times. They’re also active supporters of the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities in wine.
OUR FAVE THING ABOUT THIS WINE
This yummy, gummy gem is Bree’s answer to summer sippin’ reds – and y’all know how hard we crush on those!
THE TECHNICAL STUFF
Place: Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
Grapes: Trousseau, Gamay Noir, Pinot Noir
Style: Juicy & joyful
Ingredients: Grapes & minimal sulphites
Luddite Saboteur Red Wine Bottle, Bot River, South Africa
Luddite

SABOTEUR RED

$468

By Luddite

RED | BOLD
A pretty serious red by people who are very serious about wine, good times and good laughs

WHAT WE TASTE
BBQ smoke, bright cherries, black pepper

PERFECT PAIRING
Any beef or lamb dish you can think of, especially a BBQ, or end off the night pairing with mature hard cheeses
TEMP CHECK
When summertime hits, 20 minutes or so in the fridge can’t hurt
ABOUT LUDDITE

“A dope-smoking political anarchist meets an upstanding young goody-goody sportsman at a mutual friend's 21st” – 35 years and 3 kids later, they are the family behind Luddite Wines. After a few years abroad, Niels and Penny returned to South Africa and found their plot of land in Bot River. Niels had a definite plan as to how he wanted to make wine and Penny knew that she wanted to farm as “green” as possible. Everything had to be about the wine. No intervention, no shortcuts and staying true to only bottling what, hand on heart was the best.

OUR FAVE THING ABOUT THIS WINE
At Luddite, everyone who works there gets together in the kitchen for coffee in the morning. Everyone is part of a team and not just a farm labourer. They have only replaced 3 staff in 18 years – all growing old together. It’s a happy farm and Penny’s motto has always been “never ask someone else to do something that you won’t do”
THE TECHNICAL STUFF
Place: Bot River, Overberg, South Africa
Grape:  Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Mourvèdre, Grenache,
Style: Full-tilt red with a bit of crunch
Ingredients: Grapes + as little sulphur as possible
Ottomani Sangiovese Amphora Ferment Red Wine bottle, Tuscany, Italy
Ottomani

SANGIOVESE AMPHORA

$540

By Ottomani

RED | SEXY WITH SUBSTANCE
A little taste adventure taking us back in time to old-school fermentation vessels

WHAT WE TASTE
Aged Comte, pomegranate, lavender

PERFECT PAIRING
Hard cheeses, big Italian sandwiches (try this wine on the Gambino from Fat Chads)
TEMP CHECK
Lightly chilled, please
ABOUT OTTOMANI

The story of Ottomani began with four friends who grew up together and turned a dream into reality. Not that far off from us girls at Crushed!

They graduated from the University of Florence with Oenology (that’s the science of wine) degrees and chose to separate for a while to get some exposure working in real wineries. With a few years of experience and some real savoir-faire in their back pockets, the boys came back together and purchased a farm of their own. In 2006, Ottomani was born with indigenous grape preservation and sustainability sowed into its mission statement.

THE GOOD THINGS THEY DO
They’re organic and biodynamic, they hand-harvest everything and don’t irrigate their vines. They’re working hard to preserve the biodiversity of the region by propagating traditional indigenous varieties like Ciliegiolo, Bonamico and Malvasi Nera (also known as Uva Rara – the rare grape). The wines are unfiltered & unfined. Anything they can’t produce themselves is sourced within a 20-kilometre radius of their farm.
OUR FAVE THING ABOUT THIS WINE
There’s something so romantic about wines that are fermented in amphora. The giant clay pots are reminiscent of simpler times when craft-made goods weren’t trendy, they were necessary. Cami’s father is one of few professional ceramicists left of his generation and so her love for the careful craft runs deep. We love this wine for its clean and lively palate as much as we love the old school art of building a fermentation house for where this juice grows into the wine in your glass!
THE TECHNICAL STUFF
Place: Chianti, Tuscany, Italy
Grape: Sangiovese
Style: Fun & a little freaky
Ingredients: Grapes +  a super small splash of SO2
Luddite

SHIRAZ

$1,035

By Luddite

RED | BOLD
It’s been said before, but we can’t fault this description – it’s like Niels in a glass. Niels is six foot four…

WHAT WE TASTE
Jammy dark plums, black cherries and cinnamon sticks

PERFECT PAIRING
This is a grilled red meat (braai, anyone?) wine if ever there was one. Think big, hearty, heavily flavoured dishes.
TEMP CHECK
When summertime hits, 20 minutes or so in the fridge can’t hurt
ABOUT LUDDITE

“A dope-smoking political anarchist meets an upstanding young goody-goody sportsman at a mutual friend's 21st” – 35 years and 3 kids later, they are the family behind Luddite Wines. After a few years abroad, Niels and Penny returned to South Africa and found their plot of land in Bot River. Niels had a definite plan as to how he wanted to make wine and Penny knew that she wanted to farm as “green” as possible. Everything had to be about the wine. No intervention, no shortcuts and staying true to only bottling what, hand on heart was the best.

OUR FAVE THING ABOUT THIS WINE
Niels has loved Shiraz since his early winemaking days in Australia. But it was a super traditional, old-school winery in Chile that cemented his love for lo-fi winemaking – no bells and whistles, just good fruit, good yeast and good barrels. The Luddite Shiraz, the first wine released from Luddite winery, is the embodiment of that philosophy.
THE TECHNICAL STUFF
Place: Bot River, Overberg, South Africa
Grape: Shiraz with a splash of Mourvèdre and Cabernet Sauvignon
Style: It don’t get much bolder than this… | 5,800 bottles produced
Ingredients: Grapes + minimal sulphur at bottling
Sons of Sugarland Syrah bottle on concrete floor
Sons of Sugarland

SYRAH

$493

By Sons of Sugarland

RED | SEXY WITH SUBSTANCE
It’s captivating. As raw as possible, but still ethereal & elegant.

WHAT WE TASTE
Freshly crushed black pepper, petunias, black olives

PERFECT PAIRING
Black pepper beef, roast duck, vegetable tagine
TEMP CHECK
A quick 20 minutes in the fridge before serving
ABOUT SONS OF SUGARLAND

Sons of Sugarland forms part of Saga Vineyards - the latest adventure from Reenen Borman, Fritz Schoon, and Henk Kotze —a trio who knows how to turn unexpected vineyard sites into something truly special. We couldn’t write it better than they have themselves: “Halfway between here and nowhere, you’ll turn left into a vineyard that doesn’t look like anything special. Most of the time it isn’t. But sometimes it is. Saga Vineyards is born from these remarkable sites, often in unexpected places, growing fascinating wines that represent not just stories, but epic tales of adventure, persistence and survival.”

Reenen followed his father Jacques Borman’s footsteps into winemaking and has carved his own path with Saga Vineyards, while Fritz juggles business, baking, and family, and Henk keeps the momentum going. Their journey started above a bakery in Stellenbosch with Hawk & Schoon, a boutique wine shop where the first seeds of Saga were planted. Today, their Sons of Sugarland wines stay true to that ethos—whole bunch fermentation, concrete ageing, and nothing else. Just pure, expressive wine that lets the vineyard speak for itself.

THE GOOD THINGS THEY DO
The fellas work with traditionally and organically farmed vineyards. They’re not adding anything beyond a tiny dose of sulphur at bottling. More importantly, they’re seeking out these unexpected, and often forgotten vineyards and literally helping keep them in the ground by helping the growers and paying fair prices for the fruit that eventually becomes their soulful, joyful wines.
OUR FAVE THING ABOUT THIS WINE
It really is captivating. It’s pure and raw – it’s Darcy’s “I love, I love, I love you” in the 2005 Pride & Prejudice.
THE TECHNICAL STUFF
Place: Karibib Vineyard, Polkadraai Hills, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Grapes: Syrah
Style: A romance novel in a glass
Ingredients: Grapes & minimal sulphites