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Sourcing, producing and exporting quality South African wines and spirits to the world.
Mission Statement
To be the leading exporter and distributor to the beverage industry from and within South Africa, and to offer the best quality assured product at the most affordable market price.
Our Story
Established by Lukas O'Connell, Geoffrey O'Connell and David de Wet as International Business Network, soon achieving billable turnovers in excess of R120 million in the Eastern Cape.
The first wine marketing contract was awarded — growing the client's annual turnover to over R20 million within three years, a success repeated with various other liquor companies, including one turnover increase of over R52 million.
International expansion, with surges in exports to Africa, Asia and Europe — and the name "Négociants" adopted to reflect the company's true focus: wine.
The Company
We source and supply the best quality and price for wine and spirits, with an uncompromising commitment to top quality products — including access to Fairtrade and organic wines, innovative packaging development, and the latest technology bottling lines with fully accredited laboratories (ISO 17025) and full traceability from production to bottling.
We Specialise In
Wine Portfolio
A sessionable wine is a wine characterised by low levels of sulphur (SO₂). The permissible level of total SO₂ permitted in South African wines is less than 150 mg/l, while a sessionable wine will have a total SO₂ level of less than 100 mg/l.
Volatile acidity of less than 1.2 g/l is permitted in still wines in South Africa, while a sessionable wine will vary between 0.4 g/l and 0.6 g/l.
The alcohol level of sessionable wine, unlike sessionable beer, is not reduced. The average alcohol percentage of a sessionable wine is 12.5% by volume, which is the accepted alcoholic percentage for wine.
A major attraction of sessionable wines is the lack of consequences in the “morning after” and an absence of “lockjaw”, which arises from astringency in non-sessionable wine.
O’Connell’s wines were the first wines to attach the “sessionable” label to their wines.
Signature Wine
This wine does not need prose. The wine speaks for itself!
It took us a long enough time to develop this wine. It has no sparkle, yet it sparkles.
It is sweet, but the mouthfeel is not.
What it is, is whimsical, ethereal, light yet serious, and an enigma in a bottle.
It defies placement.
It is what it is, and it is unashamed.
It is purely “nice.”
Why Partner With Us
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Whether you have a question about our wines and spirits, distribution, exports, or simply want to say hello, we are here to help.
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“Our greatest achievement is all the friends we have made.”O'Connell's Wines & Spirits (SA)