OUR STORY:

Making Sustainable Wines

Elim Vineyards where grapes for Dawn Patrol are grown

 

"Creating beautifully balanced, sustainable wines reflecting their unique origins."

Our grapes are carefully sourced from farmers who are passionate about cultivating soil sustainably. Most of our grapes are sourced from the Swartland Region. This fertile area is distinguished from other wine production locales by its hot, dry summers and cold, wet winters. The incredible soil diversity includes granite, shale, clay and slate, which lends distinctive structure and diversity to our wines. The remainder of our grapes are sourced from the greater Coastal Region, contributing to the variety and depth found in our wines. With the diversity of soils and proximity to the ocean all adding to the rich terroir, the Coastal Region is ideal to source from.

 

Making Dawn Patrol Wine

Winemaking

Our job is made easy by the exacting work of our farmers and the superb grapes they grow. We tread lightly with our wines; we ferment naturally and we ensure minimal intervention from our side (whether that’s because we want more time to surf is a story for another time).

Our wines are IPW-certified

We follow sustainable practices during the winemaking process. This ensures our winecraft has minimal impact on the environment. We comply with the international wine industry environmental sustainability criteria, including the 'Global Wine Sector Environmental Sustainability Principles' and the 'Guidelines for Sustainable Viti-Viniculture: Production, Processing and Packaging of Products'.

 

Dawn Patrol at Jeffrey's Bay

Healthy Earth, healthy ocean, healthy hearts: Dawn Patrol

Dawn Patrol Wines is dedicated to protecting the ocean environment: from the marine wildlife beneath its waves, to the pristine beaches lapped by its tides. 'Dawn Patrol' is a tradition that sees surfers getting up before sunrise to search the coast(s) for the perfect swell. Being in the backline as the sun comes up is hard to explain. For surfers, the stoke of the ‘dawnie’ is sacred. It has the power to inspire and uplift.

But if we don’t take care of our oceans, we lose this source of upliftment and all that the marine environment contains.

 

Enjoy our Wines locally:

CAPE TOWN: Café Frank | Oranjezicht City Farm Market | Hog House Brewing Company | Vino Pronto | Wine Concepts Newlands | The Vineyard Connection | Norman Goodfellows | Woodstock Liquors | Caratello Wine Club (Ceres) | Sommeliers Warehouse

THE COAST: Pain Africain (Stillbaai) | Meet at Sea (Glentana) | Nina's Cafe (George) | The Captain's Cook (Sedgefield) | Muse (Knysna) | Thyme and Again Farmstall (Plett) | Robberg Seafoods Grocery Store (Plett) | Down To Earth (Plett) | Belle Balance (Plett) | Barrington's (Plett) | Blue Rocks Cafe (Nature's Valley) | Oyster Bay Lodge (Oyster Bay) | Nevermind (St Francis) | Tops Villiage Square (St Francis) | St Francis Brewing Co (St Francis) | Nina's (JBay) | Infood Deli (Jbay) | Unwind (Jbay) |  Something Good (PE) | Taste Room (PE) 

KZN: 1000 Hills Chef School - Bothas Hill (Valley of 1000 Hills) | 3603 (Gillitts) | Al Pescatore (Ballito) | Ballito Kwikspar | Bayala Private Game Lodge (Hluhluwe) | Cafe 1999 - Umhlanga | Champagne Castle (Drakensberg) | Duiker Game Lodge (Hluhluwe) | Fugitives Drift (Rorke's Drift) | Grimaldi's Durban Country Club | Grimaldi's Umhlanga | Hilton Quarry Spar | Hluhluwe River Lodge | Jock Morrison & Sons (Mtubatuba) | Kayla-Anns (Pennington) | Makatana Bay Lodge (St Lucia) | Marriot Gardens Wine Cellar | Nambiti Plains (Ladysmith) | OK Winterton | Platinum Belt Lounge (Umhlanga) | Ray's Kitchen (Hillcrest-Emberton) | Rhino Ridge (Hluhluwe) | Rhino River Lodge (Hluhluwe) | Sala Beach Lodge (Ballito) | Shayamoya (Pongola) | Steak & Oyster (Umhlanga) | The Cellar (Port Shepstone) | The Fine Wine Company (KZN Midlands) | The Roundhouse (Hillcrest) | Thonga Beach Lodge (Manzengwenya) | Three Trees Lodge (Bergville) | Tops Lillies Quarter (Hillcrest) | Tops on Station (Mtunzini) | Umhlanga Rocks Tops | Wineology (Salt Rock)


GAUTENG: Voisin Bread & Wine (JHB) | Wine Menu (JHB) | Eighteen 13 Boutique Wine Shop (JHB) | The Wine & Spirit Library (JHB) | Intowine (PTA) | And then there was fire (Krugersdorp) | Morries Pantry (PTA) | BGR Florence Ribeiro (PTA)

 

Surfing at Dawn