As most winemakers know, February can be chaotic, but in the best way possible. Harvest hits its peak, in the Swartland anyway, and days at the cellar are filled with collecting of grapes, dropping off of crates, tasting the berries and making sure everything is clean to receive the next load of grapes. February was…
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January 2019: Off with a bang (and squish)
Mid January came with a bang as harvest began and the cellar erupted like a busy bee-hive. Tractors chugging through the cellar, stacked crates of grapes, instructions shouted over the hum of the generator and thorough shaking of the de-stemmer, and the slow and steady descent of the basket press. Despite the productive chaos, the…
New Year 2019
As many of you know, the end of 2018 was a tough one for us when a warehouse fire robbed us of the majority of our stock, and the last 3 years of hard work and beautiful wines. This event forced us to stop all sales of our wine on the market, and start to…
Sulphites in my organic wine?!
There are many reasons a person is attracted to any organic product, most of which have to do with health and environmental impact. The explosion of awareness regarding where our food comes from and what’s in it, as well as it how it impacts the environment, has people spending twice as long in any supermarket…