by Pieter Walser | Oct 28, 2015 | Blog
On August 20th my assistant Julia’s sister (who lives in London) sent her a WhatsApp: “This can only be you guys!” – together with a link to Jamie Oliver’s latest Instagram post. It was a review of the Cornwall-based restaurant called Nathan Outlaw (the only...
by Pieter Walser | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog
In the recent South African Wine Report by Tim Atkin we gave 14 wines up for tasting. All 14 scored 90 points and above out of a possible 100 – this is now across a spectrum of 22 varietals from 7 different wine producing areas. BLANKbottle Aasvoël- 2014...
by Pieter Walser | Oct 21, 2015 | Blog
This is a 100% Chenin blanc from Darling. Made from very old vines, this is the wine that inspired a bigscreen film (see below). The wine is textured, rich, full and super compact but at the same time super fresh. This wine is exclusive to Woolworths, but only the top...
by Pieter Walser | Oct 16, 2015 | Blog
The year is going so fast now and we still have plenty of wines to release. So today is the release of 2 opposites: The super stylish mineral-fresh-lean DOK 2014 – A ELGIN white blend of Riesling, Sauvignon blanc and Sémillon and the full throttle big yet...
by Pieter Walser | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog
This wine started with the 2013 harvest being a straight Cabernet Sauvignon from the Helderberg in Somerset West. With this release, the 2014, I wanted to take the wine a step further. In South African winemaking history, winemakers used to add Cinsaut as blending...
