Craven Wines is a Stellenbosch-based, new-wave project founded by husband-and-wife duo Mick and Jeanine Craven, built on a philosophy of crafting honest, site-specific wines with minimal intervention. Working exclusively with carefully selected vineyards across Stellenbosch — particularly granite-rich sites in areas like Polkadraai Hills and...
Boschkloof Wines is a boutique, family-run estate founded in the mid-1990s by Jacques Borman, quietly building a reputation as one of Stellenbosch’s most respected small producers. Set in the Polkadraai Hills, the winery focuses on terroir-driven wines shaped by granite and koffieklip soils, with a...
Danie and Hugo are sixth generation wine grape growers with well-established vineyards in the Swartland, as well as Devon Valley and Polkadraai in Stellenbosch. The two friends – and distant relatives – began making wine in 2011. This was how Carinus Family Vineyards began. Danie is...
When founders Larry Jacobs and Mike Dobrovic started Mulderbosch in 1989, they weren’t afraid to aim high. They’d found a run-down old fruit farm with no history of viticulture. But fuelled by unstoppable optimism and good instincts, they figured there was good wine potential in...
Bruwer Raats founded Raats Family Wines in 2000, and since then has narrowed his focus on Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc. He believed that specialising would lead to success, and this belief was not unfounded, as today, Raats Family Wines is regarded as a leader...