Life has a funny way of bringing you to exactly where you need to be.
Tell me 10 years ago, winemaking in Cape Agulhas was my future and I’d quickly ask 1) where is that? and 2) how many glasses of wine have you had today?
Today, I look around at this coastline, the wines that we produce, my incredible friends/community, the backlog of bike races in this country on my to-do list still, and I wonder how it took me so long to wander here.
Professionally, there’s no where else in the world I’d rather be making wine.
Deep down, I truly believe these cool-climate wines along this untouched coast have the potential to yield the best, dry, proper rosés the world has ever seen.
Elegant, vibrant, aromatic and fruit forward while still maintaining complexity… It is a difficult style to replicate elsewhere. Our wines have a true sense of place and they are my exact favourite style for proper Rosé.
I’m not sure if I’m off a bit on this optimism.
But let’s see 🥂 I’m quite hopeful 🙏
The final barrels of 2026 Rosé are just a few days away from being dry 🥂
This has been a season of ups, downs, challenges, and plenty of opportunities to make beautiful wines.
Let’s see how we did 🙏
In a few more weeks the final barrels selections will be made and both LOST BOY Rosé and my Reserve Rosé will be put together in stainless steel tanks where they will rest on the lees for another year before they make it to bottle.
Still a long road ahead, but I’m very pleased with where things are at today.
We are now on the downhill side of the 2026 harvest and coasting to the finish line. Just a few more red grapes to sort out and then we celebrate 🍾
Cheers to a great vintage 🥂
Just some low-res photos of all my unexpected colleagues over the last week. What a place to make wine 🥂
It has been a challenging but brilliant harvest so far. We are probably 60% finished with the 2026 vintage. Gotta soak it in and enjoy it before another one is finished 🙏
#Wines4TheWild
When you look from afar at the tens of thousands of hectares that have burned over the last 3 months, it looks quite bleak. Black, barren, moonscape.
But the magic of fynbos isn’t meant for those who look from afar.
After just a couple of rains, things are starting to change quickly.
There are plenty of worthwhile metaphors to take from this floral kingdom. But I’ll let my cellphone photos from a 3 minute walk today through a properly scorched mountainside above the Sauvignon Blanc vineyards do the talking about those.
Life goes on 🍷 #Wines4TheWild
The show must go on 🥂
Pinot Noir Cuveé for LOST BOY Cap Classique is in the winery and busy fermenting.
Despite everything, the crop looks wildly promising.
Vibrant acidities. Beautiful flavours. The one certainty at this stage, is that this vintage will be one we don’t soon forget.
Cheers to 2026 🙏 #Wines4TheWild
I don’t think I’ve ever been more thankful for a summer rain 🙏
The orange in the sky is from the flames just beyond the ridge line.
The black in the sky is from the smoke.
As of right now, everything is contained. The last few months have me worried to rely too much on that declaration, but the winemaker in me insists we must.
The 2026 vintage is going forward.
My first grapes will be coming off the vines in the next 72 hours.
26 is is going to be a special one. Certainly, one I won’t forget.
#Wines4TheWild
I’ve never seen anything quite like this.
I’m beyond being sad for my grapes at this stage.
Friends, farmers, workers, and more have lost everything in the last few days.
As I write this, blazes stand at our boundaries yet again and are a ‘shift in wind’ away from more devastation.
My prayers are with the firefighters and I truly hope we can get back to our regular/fun harvest content soonest.
2026 🙏
A classic Agulhas summertime afternoon.
To put it lightly - it isn’t a simple environment to grow grapes in.
But when we get it right? That’s when the magic happens.
You won’t find a ‘commercial’ producer in these parts. The reason is right here. We’re gambling a bit every year. But when we win? Boy, do we win 🙏
You never want to speak too early on a vintage, but 2026 is sitting quite pretty in the fields right now.
Hopes are high. As is excitement.
Cheers to a new year 🥂 #Wines4TheWild
Bubbles are back 🥂
2025 Brut Rosé Pét Nat is here and flying out of the winery.
100% Syrah, this natural, old, and unique method of bubbles even pre-dates Champagne.
Vibrant, expressive, summertime-in-a-glass: this is Pét Nat season. Grab a bottle or 6 today at LOSTBOY.co.za/shop
