When you’re known in the wine world as Mr. and Mrs. Bubbles, it’s understood that you take sparkling seriously. Ann and Pieter Ferreira started their boutique Cap Classique Pieter Ferreira label in 2012 (first released in 2019), though the Ferreira name has been intrinsically linked to Méthode Cap Classique (MCC) for decades.

Restless River is in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, situated in the Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley appellation, with vineyards at an altitude reaching 1200ft, only 5km from the cold South Atlantic Ocean, near the town of Hermanus, 100km from the southern tip of the African continent.

A global affair, husband and wife team Mick (Aussie) and Jeanine (South African) met while working at a winery in Sonoma before returning to Stellenbosch to source fruit for their natural wines.