Winemakers Sport: Rugby

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Doddie Weir & Rob Burrow

All profits from sales of the product will go towards MND research “It can’t sap your spirit” Sporting Connection  Rob Burrow MBE and Doddie Weir OBE are sporting legends in the world of rugby – league and union – and now the friends have combined to launch a new premium gin for fans to purchase and […]

Matt Hampson

Sporting Connection  Matt has every rugby player’s heart and soul… there but for the grace of God… and so does any badly injured person who is the wrong side of Lady Luck. Instead of lamenting what he’d lost, Matt made a decision to focus on the things he could still do and enjoy and ‘get busy […]

Bismark & Jannie Du Plessis & Richie Gray

A vine block the size of a rugby fieldRugby Posts rising up high above the vineyardAn exceptional wine exclusively made from this vineyard’s grapesWelcome to the exclusive Rugbyfield Vineyard. The Wine The RugbyField Vineyard concept was born when post-game discussions between the Du Plessis Brothers, of Springbok and World-Cup-Winning fame and Richie Gray, a former […]

Doddie Weir

All profits per bottle go directly to My Name’5 Doddie Foundation Doddie Weir is not only a legendary Scottish Rugby International and British and Irish Lion, he is also one of the Sport’s great characters. As you will already know, he is fighting a battle against Motor Neuron Disease, and in June 2017 launched ‘My Name’5 […]

Schalk Burger

The Wine The spectacular Welbedacht Estate lies 40 minutes north of Cape Town. Some of the oldest soil in Africa, made up of decomposed granite, provides ideal conditions for quality vines. Schalk cultivates 18 different grape varieties. Each of his wines tells a story. The entry-level Meerkat range is South Africa’s most gregarious wine and […]

Holly & Simon Bellingham Turner

The Wine Sumaridge Estates a jewel in South Africa’s crown, sitting on the crest of The Hemel en Aarde (Heaven and Earth) Valley, rising up above the Bay of Hermanus. It is a stunning place to visit. The maritime breezes ensure a coolness and minerality about the wines, in contrast to so many of their national […]

Francesco Cosulich

We first met Francesco Cosulich at the 2015 Rugby World Cup watching Italy play versus France, and besides his family’s rugby prowess he is a winemaker of great quality and with a wonderful history. He and his family are deeply committed to the wine industry and are valued partners of SWC. The Wine We are […]

Jacky Lorenzetti

When Jacky first heard about SWC, he was super keen to have an involvement. As owner of one of Europe’s foremost rugby squads, Racing 92, together with three quality Bordeaux Wine chateaux, Jacky has many commitments on his time, but his love of wine, sport and friendship shine through. The Wine Jacky Lorenzetti has always […]

Lindsay McLachlan

We first came to hear about Peregrine Wines in Central Otago through the International Referee Wayne Barnes, a member of SWC, who went to visit the NZ owner, Lindsay McLachlan, who refereed Internationally in the 90’s. For those of you with good memories he had control of the England v Scotland game in 1994 when […]