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"Idiots Guide to Setting up a Cellar"

Before I went to Stellenbosch University to study winemaking at the age of 25, I told my then girlfriend (now wife) that one day I would love to make many...

The New BLANKBOTTLE Confessions of a WHite Glov...

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...

The release of Col. MULSCAL ROOS 2013. A blend ...

As with the last wine I released, the story behind the Colonel is super controversial and interesting but this is one that I do not want to write an essay...

"Die Burger" Newspaper today

Tharien Hattingh gesels vandeesweek met Pieter Walser van BlankBottle in Somerset-Wes. Hy maak sy eie wyn, botteleer dit en ontwerp sy eie etikette. Wat is BlankBottle en waar kom die...

BLANKbottle The Original Spaniard 2013

This is the Original Spaniard 2013, a rebirth of the once-off and very well received: BLANKbottle The Spaniard 2007. A then 4-way blend made up of cultivars hailing (500BC) from ancient...

BLANKBOTTLE kortpad kaaptoe 2013 - SWARLAND Fer...

One day, roughly 2 years ago, whilst visiting my Carignan block between Hopefield and Darling (West Coast), I received a SMS from a guy who needed me to be in...