We have known Marian & Torq for quite a while and were delighted to find someone who sold SA wines which we love, having had so many wonderful holidays there. The wine tasting events have always been great fun, we travel from |Hertfordshire to Hampshire to join in, always good great value and enjoyable. We joined the Wine Club and always look forward to the quarterly delivery of excellent wines. We agreed we would buy better quality wines but drink less, not sure that has worked!!!

It's the third time we have used Carte-du-Vin, and their service never disappoints!!

A great selection of boutique South African wines, that we'd had on a recent trip to SA and thought we'd struggle to find here in the UK. Love all the Arendsig wines. If only you could get some wine from Kleinhoekkloof too!

We have bought several cases of outstanding red/white wines from Marian and Torquil over last 2-3 years - usually their South African ones, as they are our favourites!
The service is faultless and speedy - a bit like our consumption of the wines once they arrive, despite my best intentions when ordering!
I have no hesitation in suggesting that you must try their wines, if you haven't already - and am certain you not be disappointed.

Best wishes, Paul and Glynis, in sunny, snowy (today!) Derbyshire

Last month my 70th birthday party was held at my daughter's house courtesy of Marian and Torq. They provided a delicious meal accompanied by champagne and a good selection of wines. It was so relaxing being able to enjoy such an excellent meal in the setting of one's own home. We were sixteen people in total (including the grandchildren) and everyone had a great time.
Thank you Marian and Torq

A delicious meal (the prawn chowder was a standout), paired with superb South African wines. Thank you!

Great to see CDV doing a range of South African wines from medium size wineries. Highlight was Clos Malvern on promotion. Good service from Marian and ordered on a Friday and delivery happened Sunday. Amazing!

Honest prices and friendly service with a good choice of my favourite South African wines.

If you value the sense of a personal relationship married to good value wines at competitive prices then you’ve found the right place. At last I discovered my favourite South African wine here which had previously been hard, if not impossible, to find in the UK. Cheers!

Thanks for the great service! Very good selection of wines at good prices and speedy delivery. I will be a returning customer. Thank you

Ordered a stunning ‘aromas’ poster and arranged collection as I live nearby … it was carefully packaged and delivered to my car by the lovely Marian. Thank you!

Excellent wine delivered quickly and with a smile. Always a pleasure

Thank you for hosting a wonderful 90th birthday lunch with food and wine paired to perfection. A delighted father who enjoyed the special attention, description of the wines and delicious flavours of a lamb roast. Gluten-free was no problem as well and a relaxed time spent by all. Thank you Torq and Marian. Here's to his 100th!

It was great to have an Italian Sommelier host the food and wine evening on the 22nd October. My favourite white wine was the Talamonti Aternum and the red that stood out for me was the Chianti DOCG from Castello Della Paneretta. As usual, the food coming from Marian's kitchen was delicious and paired really well with the wines. 10/10 evening.....thank you.

Thank you for the choice of a wide selection of top quality wines promptly delivered!

We hosted a wine and food pairing at Carte du Vin on the 30th July. Muratie was paired with a few dishes and the evening was well attended. Good interaction among the guests. Thank you Marian and Torq. Looking forward to the Pinotage evening.

A fantastic evening with great food, delicious wine and welcoming hosts! Highly recommended.

Brilliant service and excellent wines as usual. A pleasant step up from the usual supermarket fare!

As lovers of South African wine it was a happy event that found my husband and I stranded in SA in March 2020 with only Marian and Torq for company in an out of town hotel. The rest is history and the Lynx wine along with the delivery service is second to none! Thankyou!

We have been ordering wine from Marian for about a year now ... the fast service and wines are both more than excellent. Thank you Cart-du-Vin and especially Marian :-)

Enjoying the Rose even in the cold weather, and also the service from Marian.

Wonderful wines an and friendly service. Very happy with all aspects Thanks very much.

Fabulous unique & special wines with great service. Excellent wine & food events locally & great fun Zoom wine & food evenings.

Awesome evening tasting wine after being shipped a half case of wonderful wines. Great lockdown therapy. Now time to order some special South African wines!

All worked well. Specific South African vinyard was being sought - Whole process excellent and am now enjoying first bottle

Also not able to make our annual SA trip so very happy to find our favourite wine online. Amazing service and great shipping. We will order more soon

Speedy efficient delivery. Carton contents well wrapped. We can't wait to taste the wine.
Thank you

I have dealt with Marian & Torque for some years now and they have become friends, they provide an excellent choice of wines, SA mainly for us and have supported our local Classic Car Club Transport Picnic with a stall providing wines tasting and sales. Friendly efficient service, is there anything else you need, I think not.

Always a pleasure to do business with Marian and Torq. The service and the wine of course is just excellent and has been a real treat in these strange times.

Hi Marian,
Just to say, I’ve just received my second delivery of Noble Hill wines! 😊 Thank you so much for your thoughtful and personal service, it’s been a real pleasure to speak to you and use your company.
Many thanks,
Dawn

I visit a lot of South African wineries and normally bring my faves back home. With current travel restrictions in place it was a treat to stumble across Carte du Vin and their small but perfectly formed selection of SA wines. Clos Malverne Auret is one of my favourite reds ever, thanks for stocking it!

We had the Snow Mountain Sparkling Vonkel at my daughters birthday celebration -limited numbers in the garden -but we think it was the last hot Sunday . The Snow mountain was lovely everyone praised it in comparison to the other sparkling offerings -thoroughly recommend to any one .

Hi Marian,
Great, quick, and easy service once again, summer weather seems to have passed up here for drinking the bottles but they are ready for the sun to come back out 😊
Thanks again,

Thank you for the delivery of Arendsig Chardonnaty. We tried a bottle yesterday, what a cracking wine we may need to have some more in due course.

I can highly recommend Carte du Vin. They offer a personal service, prompt delivery and a good choice of wines that are often not available elsewhere in this country. Marian and Torq are very happy to chat on the phone to help you make your choice.

Love carte-du-vin! I've been buying from Marian and Torquil for several years now. They import some excellent smaller producers from South Africa. Great value and most importantly great service.

Just used carte-du-vin for the first time! Marian was so helpful in assisting me with a local gift delivery for a birthday. This is a great shop and I hope to visit in person some day! If you live in this area, please support them, or if you need to make a remote purchase for someone local there, shop carte-du-vin

My wine has arrived..first order and am so excited to have my fav South African wines. Such a helpful company, very quick delivery

Dear Torq & Marian,
Chalfont & Amersham Wine Club had our AGM last night, where we vote for the Wine of the year
I am pleased to report that Domaine Bourdon Pouilly Fuissé which you showed at our meeting, emerged as the white wine of the year.
Normally our club favour red wine but on this occassion the Pouilly Fuissé was voted overall 'Wine Of The Year'
On behalf of the committee, please can you accept our thanks for introducing such a high quality wine to our club.

Dear Carte-du-vin,
I am sure you receive lots of appreciative emails after an event like CarFest.
However, I will continue anyway.
We discovered you at the festival three years ago and have come back each time as irritating repeat visitors who then forget to use you throughout the normal year.
You really are rather marvellous and should be congratulated for it. 
You allow us each time to buy wine, then you keep it cold for us until we drag ourselves away from the fun to collect and drink it.
Not only is your wine lovely but you are all lovely to deal with on the stand too despite being faced with people like us when you have worked for an incredibly long weekend.
We had south African white which was delicious and new to us. Thank you. Three bottles later and we happily stumbled home.
I promise faithfully to actually remember to look at your other wines now that we are all back to normal after the bank holiday festivities.
I hope you had a productive weekend. I sincerely hope it is worth your while to work the stand. We do tell everyone about you throughout the year. I hope you continue to find the event worthwhile.

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Hi Marian 

Three sets of Steady Sticks arrived safe and sound, thank you. 
I bought them for friends after having been given a set a couple of years ago. I love them and they have been put to very good use on the Cornish cliffs! 
Regards 

Chrissie 

Dear carte-du-vin,

Just a quick message to thank you for your prompt dispatch of the two posters I ordered to be sent to Paris.
They have arrived safely, and my daughter and her partner are delighted with them.  The posters are, as I write, being framed and already have earmarked wall space in Le Tablier Rouge!
Many thanks.

Huge thanks to Marian and Torq for driving all the way to Barnes, SW London, for our fund-raising wine-tasting event. It was a great success and people are already asking about a follow-up later in the year. Torq's description of each of the wines hit just the right note......informative and entertaining. Marian and Torq mingled with the crowd while the wines were being tasted, and this was an added bonus for those who wanted more information. All in all a thoroughly enjoyable evening, and lots of orders still coming in for the wines we sampled. Thank so much for an excellent evening.

What an excellent, innovative and fun idea your 22tipple deal is. We love getting two, great quality, surprise wines each month that you have carefully selected and then delivered to our door. When I signed up I liked the idea of trying wines I wouldn’t have the imagination or time to seek out; what I didn’t expect was the fun of the whole deal. It feels like we receive a present each month and the anticipation of opening the box makes it a really enjoyable experience and that’s without opening the bottles! Your wines are very good and we have genuinely enjoyed every bottle you have selected. We’re enjoying a wider selection of wine and benefiting from your experience, the notes you enclose are concisely informative and help us select the right meal with which to enjoy wine – a great service thank you!

What an excellent, innovative and fun idea your 22tipple deal is. We love getting two, great quality, surprise wines each month that you have carefully selected and then delivered to our door. When I signed up I liked the idea of trying wines I wouldn’t have the imagination or time to seek out; what I didn’t expect was the fun of the whole deal. It feels like we receive a present each month and the anticipation of opening the box makes it a really enjoyable experience and that’s without opening the bottles! Your wines are very good and we have genuinely enjoyed every bottle you have selected. We’re enjoying a wider selection of wine and benefiting from your experience, the notes you enclose are concisely informative and help us select the right meal with which to enjoy wine – a great service thank you!

Dear Torquil and Marian

Just a note to say that we much enjoyed your evening of Wines and Tapas for the 60th Birthday and it made for a memorable party.  Both wines and menus were delicious and the time passed all too quickly.Thanks again

Dear Marian & Torq,
The tasting last night was a brilliant evening. I know it’s your business but that’s not really the point. The welcome, the company, the food and the wine were superb. All was so professional but understated - as things should be.
I really enjoyed it.

​Email recieved from 22 Tipple Member - So good to receive the regular monthly wines they are sampled and loved.
Very much enjoying July 2 2 tipple this evening!

Scaramanga red 😋😋

Thank you so much for agreeing to return to prepare and present a delicious lunch and fantastic selection of accompanying champagne and wines for our birthday celebration.  As always, Torq’s descriptions of the champagne and wines were very engaging and informative, and we really appreciated the effort you both went to to make it a very special day again.  We hope we can persuade you to return another year!  Thank you again for a really memorable occasion.
Cheers from the Jackson family

The wine arrived safe and sound last Friday and we were impressed with the care taken over packaging

Unfortunately a more traditional British Summer has returned, so our weekend plan to braai and open a few bottles in the garden was postponed. As soon as we have the opportunity to fire up the Weber I'll let you know what we think of the wine. I've already allocated the 2015 South Hill Cabernet Sauvignon to 30 day dry-aged ribeye.