note: if the film breaks up while loading, please hit ‘pause’ and wait for the film to fully load before hitting ‘play’ Simon and David get together in the vineyard and have a chat about the economics of running a wine farm and how most accountants will tell you to run a mile rather than [...]
Archive | March, 2010
Rustenberg 2010 Harvest Newsletter
note: if the film breaks up while loading, please hit ‘pause’ and wait for the film to fully load before hitting ‘play’ Dave Hutton takes us around the farm and catches up with Randolph, Nico, Simon, and the team as they work around the clock in the late summer heat in order to get the [...]
Saronsberg 2010 Harvest – Viognier
note: if the film breaks up while loading, please hit ‘pause’ and wait for the film to fully load before hitting ‘play’ Dewaldt Heyns talks to us from one of Saronsbergs younger vineyards as he and his team bring in the Viognier. The picking is done very early in the morning to get the grapes [...]
Badenhorst Family Vineyards – White Wines
note: if the film breaks up while loading, please hit ‘pause’ and wait for the film to fully load before hitting ‘play’ Adi Badenhorst takes us through the different white wines he produces, from the Secateurs Chenin Blanc, to the totally outrageous white blend under the Family label, which contains just about every white varietal [...]
Badenhorst Secateurs Chenin Blanc – 2009
note: if the film breaks up while loading, please hit ‘pause’ and wait for the film to fully load before hitting ‘play’ One of South Africa’s top winemakers Adi Badenhorst takes us thru the Badenhorst Family Vineyards Secateurs Chenin Blanc, a Chenin Blanc “totally different” to any other chenin. Insisting on an honest, simple wine [...]
Saronsberg Full Circle 2007
note: if the film breaks up while loading, please hit ‘pause’ and wait for the film to fully load before hitting ‘play’ This Rhone style blend from Saronsberg, consisting of Shiraz, Viognier, Grenache, and Mouvedre is the result of a long-held dream of winemaker Dewaldt Heyns to showcase the best of what the Tulbagh region [...]
Saronsberg 2010 Harvest – Shiraz
note: if the film breaks up while loading, please hit ‘pause’ and wait for the film to fully load before hitting ‘play’ The Shiraz grapes are finally ready for picking and the 2010 harvest has started in earnest for the team at Saronsberg. Winemaker Dewaldt Heyns talks to us about the hand sorting process used [...]
