Long before a wine was first labelled under the Warwick name, the land had been farmed since 1771, when a plot outside Stellenbosch, named De Goede Sukses, was granted to its first owner. The name it carries today was proclaimed in 1912, when Colonel William Alexander Gordon bought the farm and renamed it Warwick, a tribute to his Warwickshire regiment. One man's loyalty, written into the land.
First has become something of a Warwick signature: South Africa's first estate to bottle a Cape Blend; creator of Trilogy, one of the country's first Bordeaux-style blends, made since 1986; and first to establish Cabernet Franc's credentials in the Cape through a dedicated planting programme - a single-vineyard release wine with a waiting list of its own. Alongside these, Warwick's brand home anchors The First Lady, one of South Africa's most recognised wine ranges. More recently, The First Lady's Tea Garden, a low-alcohol blend of Pinotage Rosé infused with rooibos tea, brought a first of its own to the wine cooler category.
Some places make wine. Warwick makes a case for a particular piece of ground.
