Country: South Africa
Region: Swartland
Style: Dance Party Red Blends

This blend sounds like the name of that hairy monkey boy character who gesticulated wildly on Land of the Lost. As cool as that sounds, the real inspiration for the name of this wine is even better. It’s named after a spicy relish that’s truly representative of the many influences on South Africa’s rainbow cuisine. And like the ingredient list of its namesake relish, this wine is made from a hodge podge of grapes most commonly found in the Rhône-style blends of France. Just like its French cousin, this is terrific food wine. And, taken in sufficient quantities, Spice Route’s Chakalaka red blend could easily shake things up enough to start an impromptu dance party; perhaps emboldening the shyest partygoer into inventing a dance called…the Chakalaka.