The story of Winshaw Vineyards is one of adventure, pioneering spirit, and family heritage. It began with Dr. William Charles Winshaw, a man whose remarkable life took him from cowboy to Texas Ranger, gambler, and ultimately, winemaker in the Stellenbosch Valley. In 1925, he founded Stellenbosch...
As with any true luxury – a great wine can only be crafted when the very essence of it is of the greatest quality. For this reason, Terre Paisible carefully select their grapes from their own vineyards as well as other carefully selected vines –...
"Clothes maketh not the man; judge our wines on what’s in the bottle, not by means of preconceived ideas." Seeing as Blank Bottle conceived their first labels on Microsoft Word; the above quote seems to encompass the brand as well as the proprietor and winemaker Pieter...
“We strive to find a balance between using old-world methods and traditions while keeping in tune with the vineyards we source our fruit from. This philosophy is followed through in the cellar, where we nurture what comes off the vines rather than manipulating the fruit...
“Southern Right's strong, cooling, maritime influence and extremely old and stony clay-rich soils, combined with our tight focus on only two wines, have enabled us to re-define South Africa's unique variety Pinotage with a more classically styled wine. Our lighter structured sandstone-derived soils combine with...
Erika Obermeyer started her winemaking journey as assistant winemaker at Kleine Zalze in 1999. Worldly knowledge and some winemaking secrets were also attained through completing harvest tenures in Sancerre, St Emilion and Beziers. She then took her expertise to Graham Beck in 2005 where she...
Eenzaamheid is situated in the Agter-Paarl area of South Africa’s Western Cape province. The name of the farm is Dutch for “solitude”, and refers to its isolation from Cape Town, when it was named in 1693. Janno Briers-Louw, 7th generation farmer, produces award winning, handcrafted...
FRAM Arcanum boni tenoris animae - “The secret behind a good mood” Headlining his wines with quotes like these opens Thinus Krüger (winemaker and CEO of Fram Wines) up to high expectations when pulling the cork on one of his creations. Notwithstanding, the man never disappoints to deliver...
This is going to be one for the books Centenaries don't happen too often, and when one pays tribute to the legendary owner of Glenelly Estate - Madame May de Lencquesaing in the month of her 100th birthday, you have to do something special; and so,...
The Du Toit family have been proprietors of the Kloovenburg farm since 1956, and in the last (almost) 7 decades have been farming the land in Riebeek Kasteel. Only in 1997 did the Du Toit family (including a certain Springbok lock) produce their first vintage...