Cool-climate Cape Chardonnay & Pinot Noir with Bevan Newton Johnson

Wherever you look these days, it feels like ‘cool climate’ is wine’s watchword. South Africa isn’t necessarily the first country you would associate with the term, but the Newton Johnson family was somewhat ahead of the curve when they moved to the cool coastal enclave of Hemel-en-Aarde back in 1995.

Dave Johnson had just qualified as a Cape Wine Master – the highest academic qualification in South African wine – via a thesis on Pinot Noir when he moved an hour and a half’s drive out of Cape Town with his wife, Felicity Newton, and promptly started building a cellar and planting vines. Today, Newton Johnson is the source of ‘some of the best Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs you will find in the Cape’ according to critic Neal Martin.

Dave’s enthusiasm for Burgundian varieties was eagerly adopted by his sons, Bevan and Gordon, who have since taken the family producer to new heights. Largely self-taught, Gordon took over as winemaker in 1999 before meeting his wife Nadia during harvest in 2004. Today, the husband-and-wife winemaking team has over 40 vintages of experience between them.

Gordon’s brother Bevan became managing director in 2002, and we are delighted to welcome him to the Club for a refined exploration of cool-climate Cape Pinot and Chardonnay. Join him to discover Newton Johnson’s distinctive, terroir-driven approach – including two single-vineyard cuvées – in what should be an enlightening evening.

Welcome Drink:
2023 Southend Chardonnay, Newton Johnson, Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, South Africa

The wines we will be tasting:
2024 Newton Johnson, Family Vineyards, Chardonnay
2020 Newton Johnson, Full Stop Rock
2024 Newton Johnson, Walker Bay, Pinot Noir
2024 Newton Johnson, Family Vineyards, Pinot Noir
2022 Newton Johnson, Windansea, Pinot Noir
2024 Newton Johnson, Seadragon, Pinot Noir

Programme Rundown:
18:30 – Welcome drink on arrival 
19:00 – Masterclass starts
20:30 – Masterclass ends

Wednesday, 10th June
67 on Scotts Level 2
Speaker: Bevan Newton Johnson, Owner of Newton Johnson winery

$108 nett


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Masterclasses

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