The Parlotones Wine

Stocking up

Posted on 01 Oct, 2009 in Latest, News

Raymond made sure he is first in line with stocking up on Giant Mistake. He seemed to have cleaned out the store!
Go Raymond!
Originally posted on Facebook

Only three days after the launch and Giant Mistake is flying of the shelves! We had a bit of a hick up with stocking all the stores in time on the official launch date which was Monday 28 September. However all is now on track and sales are better than ever anticipated. [...]

Giant Mistake tops Sunday Times Top 10 wines list

Posted on 28 Sep, 2009 in Latest, News

The Sunday Times Top Ten is compiled by Neil Pendock from suggestions made by independent retailers, supermarket chains and wine bars. We hope to be biased in favour of interesting wines with good value for money characteristics.
1. Giant Mistake Red Blend 2008 R79
2.Stellenbosch Hills Polkadraai red Pinotage/Merlot 2009 R29
3.Barista Coffee Pinotage Pinotage 2009 R60
4.Maastricht Sauvignon [...]

Palate Cleansers and Parlotones

Posted on 28 Sep, 2009 in Latest, News

Neil Pendock: Giant Mistake a smart blend that hits the right coffee and mocha notes.
With electrons travelling at 300000km/sec, it’s becoming harder and harder for dead-tree media to deliver scoops.
When Kahn Morbee, frontman of indie rock band the Parlotones, was filming a video for the band’s new wine in the Wellington vineyards of Jannie Bosman, [...]

‘Giant Mistake’ in a bottle!

Posted on 16 Sep, 2009 in Latest

Kahn Morbee (The Parlotones front man) has always wanted to someday make his own wine.
Rohan Strydom (acompanycalledit.com) read about this and saw an opportunity to turn a dream into an exciting new ground breaking product. He introduced the idea to ‘Hands on Wine’, all parties met and the initial excitement led to some ’serious wheels [...]