Andy Mitchell Wines

Winemaker Andy Mitchell - Breakfast Rock, Greyton

From sailing to producing award-winning wine.

Andy Mitchell Wines is a 'Garagiste'wine producer based in Greyton. The wines are currently produced from grapes sourced from selected quality vineyards in the Helderberg and Bamboesvlei areas. The wines are produced by Andy Mitchell, a qualified Cape Wine Master, his wife Vikki and daughter Olivia, a highly qualified Chef.

The first vintage was produced in 2003, when a Syrah called 'Breakfast Rock' was made. The wine was named after the highest point of the Greyton to McGregor trail, which starts very close to the cellar. The maiden vintage won a Veritas Silver award on it’s first outing in the 2005 Veritas Competition. Since the first red wine was made in 2003, subsequent additions to the range have been a dry RosÈ made from 100% Shiraz and also a partially barrel fermented Chenin Blanc.

"The maiden vintage won a Veritas Silver award on it’s first
outing in the 2005 Veritas Competition"

The quality of the Syrah has been further enhanced by a process of barrel selection, whereby the best barrels are selected for 'Breakfast Rock Syrah'. The remaining barrels are blended together for the second label red wine, 'Crooked Path Shiraz'. However, even the second label was rated at 4 Stars by the 2009 Platter Wine Guide. 'Crooked Path Shiraz' is named after the well known zig-zag path going up the mountain on the Riviersonderend side of the Gobos River.

The Rosé is called 'Nerina Shiraz Rose' and is named after Nerina Street, which is close to the cellar and also the prolific Nerina lilys, growing in the indigenous garden surrounding the cellar. The maiden vintage was in 2006 and due to it's popularity amongst the Greyton locals, it has been made every year since.

New in 2008 was the first white wine, a partially barrel fermented Chenin Blanc. 40% of the wine was barrel fermented in new French barriques and 60% was fermented cold in stainless steel tanks. The two parts were blended together to produce a deliciously rich Chenin Blanc with subtle spicy vanilla notes from the French barriques.

Andy Mitchell Wine collection

"The wines are currently produced from grapes sourced from selected quality vineyards
in the Helderberg and Bamboesvlei areas"

The 2009 vintage saw the birth of a Cap Classique style sparkling wine, made in the traditional Champagne method. The base wine is a 50/50 blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The wine will spend between twenty four and thirty six months on the lees to gain in complexity. Another newcomer in 2009 includes a small batch of the temperamental Pinot Noir, made in true Burgundian style. It is not for nothing that Pinot Noir is known as the 'heartbreak grape'!

Andy Mitchell wines are currently available at all the better Greyton restaurants, the Oak and Vigne Café, as well as selected wine merchants in Cape Town and Hermanus. Prestigious establishments such as top South African restaurant, La Colombe in Constantia has our wines listed.

"Since the first red wine was made in 2003, subsequent additions to the range have been a
dry Rosé made from 100% Shiraz and also a partially barrel fermented Chenin Blanc"