Awareness of the slow but amplified destruction of our earth has meant more and more people and companies contributing to environmentally acceptable products and sustainable farming practises. Since its inception in 2009, the Nedbank Green Wine Awards, has aimed to reward and elevate the quality...
The magnificent wine farm Mont Rochelle Mountain Vineyards is located on the slopes of the beautiful Franschhoek Mountains, close to the centre of Franschhoek. The estate is part of a farm first owned by Jacques de Villiers, one of the original Huguenots that came to...
Flanked by the Helderberg and Stellenbosch mountains between Stellenbosch and the False Bay coast, lies an exceptional tract of land that is highly suited to the cultivation of quality wine grapes. This area is considered the jewel in the crown of the superb Stellenbosch wine-growing...
"Bampfields 6 of the Best" - Our October Spring Selection The month of October welcomes in Spring and to celebrate this we have selected some lovely easy drinking wines with a bottle of each. Moreson Miss Molly MCC NV Pulpit Rock Chenin Blanc 2012 Waverley Hills Organic Semillon Sauvignon...
"Bampfields 6 of the Best" - Our September Spring Selection The month of September welcomes in Spring and to celebrate this we have selected some lovely easy drinking wines with a bottle of each. Buckleberry Sauvignon Blanc 2012 Leeuwenkuil Chenin Blanc 2011 Edgebaston Berry Box White 2011 Chateau de Sours...
No stranger to the wine world, Anthony Hamilton Russell of Hamilton Russell Vineyards, has produced fine Burgundy style wines from his Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes grown on his property in the Hemel en Aarde Valley outside Hermanus since 1981. Countless awards honour each vintage of...
I first met Ken Forrester in the late 70s. Ken at the time was running the popular Gatrilles & Son restaurant in Johannesburg, while I, a few blocks away, was working at the five-star Carlton Hotel. We had a few things in common: fast motorbikes,...
I am sure that most of us at some stage of our lives dream of doing something we are passionate about but are often halted by the costs and also the realities of seeing it through. However, for the enterprising couple, John and Karen Loubser,...
Boets Nel, winemaker and owner of De Krans in Calitzdorp, who is well known for producing some of South Africa’s finest ports, has spread his interests to another wine venture in the majestic Outeniqua mountains in the heart of our beautiful Garden Route. Here he...
