by Pieter Walser | May 22, 2020 | Uncategorised
It was the vision of Marguerite Mavros Macdonald to plant vines in the Witzenberg mountains on her husband, Dugald’s family farm. I got involved in 2015 and this wine has become my favourite expression of South African Shiraz. In South Africa we have the luxury of...
by Pieter Walser | May 1, 2020 | Uncategorised
Before harvest I sent you the first chapter of Searching for L’Estrange – the story about my search for the mystery creator of the serendipitous stoneware clay pots I bought for the cellar. As promised – a little later than planned – please see the...
by Pieter Walser | May 1, 2020 | Uncategorised
This is the second release of Smaug the Magnificent. Like with most great things in life – this wine originated with a really bad experience where the liquor board stopped the sales of the 2011 vintage. Smaug is back and it’s all about showing what age can do to...
by Pieter Walser | May 1, 2020 | Uncategorised
For many years I’ve known that if I wanted to take my wines to the next level, I needed to build layers into them. A great way to do this is to ferment juice from the same block of grapes in different fermentation vessels – clay (pots), cement (tanks) and...
by Pieter Walser | May 1, 2020 | Uncategorised
I know this is a more lengthy newsletter release than usual, but this is one story that needs to be told in detail – it’s one of those that, looking back, I can just shake my head in disbelief at how it turned out. In short – today I am releasing 2 new...
