Craven Wines is a winemaking collaboration between husband-and-wife team Mick and Jeanine Craven.

Mick and Jeanine were able to find Pinot Gris from the incredible Newlands Vineyard, farmed by Deon Joubert, on an easterly slope of the Polkadraai Hills facing back toward Stellenbosch. Though the block was only planted in 2007, the wine shows tremendous balance and intensity. Mick calls this skinsy
style “the way Pinot Gris should be!”

The grapes were hand harvested and brought back to the Stellenbosch winery. The 2024 marks the third vintage using concrete ‘squares’ for fermentation and aging. The grapes were destemmed, and the juice was left to soak on the skins for seven days. It was then racked and the skins were pressed back to concrete where it aged for six months. The wine received a light sheet filtration, but no fining, and it was bottled with just 45 ppm sulfur.