MY KOFFER

Char siu, gamey meats, duck breast with a cranberry sauce

Keep it in the fridge, then ditch the ice bucket when you open it

So much of our approach to wine has been inspired by Pieter Walser and his BLANKbottle wines – where the bottles typically don’t show the varietal to avoid any preconceived ideas about what people think they like and don’t like when it comes to wines. “You can’t judge it by the label; it takes drinking a whole bottle to get to know the wine.” He also designs those labels.

The first wine Pieter bought for himself was called Tassenberg – often called Tas or Tassies. Not the highest quality wine overall, he recognized a strawberry character that he fell in love with from the Cinsault component. After a couple of years of searching for the perfect vineyard, Pieter finally makes his own ‘version’ of Tas. In Afrikaans, ‘tas’ and ‘koffer’ both translate to suitcase. So, My Koffer is Pieter’s suitcase of memories of his ‘first love’.

Place: Breedekloof, South Africa
Grape: Cinsault
Style: Light, cheeky and delicious
Ingredients: Grapes + a splash of SO2