Wine & Spirits Magazine recently did a special feature highlighting 30 "Top New Talent" in the wine world; 30 folks from around the world under 30 years old who are "the most innovative and talented newcomers in the wine industry." As the article stated, "some of them make wine, while others sell it. All of them are names to know."

Of the 30 profiled, there were only two winemakers from the entire Southern Hemisphere, with one of them from South Africa. Craig Hawkins, the 29 year old winemaker at Lammershoek. Worthwhile Wine Co. is proud to be the exclusive US importer of these amazing wines. Organically grown, dry farmed (no irrigation), wild fermented (no commercial yeasts), and not fined, nor filtered. The flavors, intensity, balance, and distinctiveness of these wines are one of the reasons Rhone-style wines from South Africa's Swartland are becoming so well known and loved.

Like many of the young winemakers we have in our South Africa portfolio, Craig had plenty of international experience in his formative years, learning in Portugal's Douro region, "the importance of balance and acidity in a wine."

Download the entire profile on Craig here.