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Little William 2015, a straight Syrah - Wine of...

I have a bunch of epic vineyards I pick grapes from but this site is surely one of my favourites. I mean…Ceres Plateau… I will tell you more about the...

Rabbitsfoot 2015 - A single vineyard/varietal w...

With this wine I am not going to say too much. At the moment it’s a once-off production from a single little vineyard in Stellenbosch. I am not going to...

red LIMBIC 2015

In October 2015 I was sitting on a plane heading for Joburg, next to a guy who was (or so it seemed) plugged into his computer with wires and stuff....

JEAN-LUC 2015 - A Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley P...

In February 2015 I received a call from a friend offering me some Pinot Gris grapes from the Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. Her tank was full and there were about 100...

2 NEW WINES

I would like to share some excitement. The BLANKBOTTLE Winery will be moving into a new space early in December. Even though I love my current winery with all my...

An OFFSPRING for BLANKBOTTLE

By November 2015, I had mostly made up my mind about my new wines destined for bottling in January 2016 – a process that takes months to complete. At that...