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Wanna taste pure Fernão Pires?

Fernão WWHHAATTTT? was my first thought.To understand the remoteness of this site, I invite you to go to Google maps and connect the location points of 3 towns: Malmesbury, Hopefield and...

Wanna taste pure Fernão Pires?

Fernão WWHHAATTTT? was my first thought.To understand the remoteness of this site, I invite you to go to Google maps and connect the location points of 3 towns: Malmesbury, Hopefield and...

2 winter whites from the Swartland

Releasing white wines in winter seems odd, like when “jakkals trou met wolf se vrou” (the sun shining when it rains). Yet the wines we like to drink in winter snuggled...

2 winter whites from the Swartland

Releasing white wines in winter seems odd, like when “jakkals trou met wolf se vrou” (the sun shining when it rains). Yet the wines we like to drink in winter snuggled...

BUT WHY 2021 vs. 2022 - Ceres Plateaux

If you want to get to the BUT WHY vineyard, I suggest you pack some food for the journey … You’ll be driving North on the R44 from my winery...

BUT WHY 2021 vs. 2022 - Ceres Plateaux

If you want to get to the BUT WHY vineyard, I suggest you pack some food for the journey … You’ll be driving North on the R44 from my winery...

Int. MALBEC day

In the spirit of International Malbec day (and the cooler mornings!), we present to you - with no further ado -  BLANKBOTTLE Jaaa-Bru 2023. A 100% Stellenbosch Malbec.“Jaaa Bru?” is...

Int. MALBEC day

In the spirit of International Malbec day (and the cooler mornings!), we present to you - with no further ado -  BLANKBOTTLE Jaaa-Bru 2023. A 100% Stellenbosch Malbec.“Jaaa Bru?” is...

BLANKO-B for short

“I’ll never have a logo!”, I can still hear my young, confident self blurt out so many times in the past. Sometimes (cringe) in the presence of some very capable...

BLANKO-B for short

“I’ll never have a logo!”, I can still hear my young, confident self blurt out so many times in the past. Sometimes (cringe) in the presence of some very capable...

Mittelberger

In the beginning years of BLANKBOTTLE (roughly the first 15), people assumed it was our winemaking philosophy to use older oak on our wines - to show the character of...

Mittelberger

In the beginning years of BLANKBOTTLE (roughly the first 15), people assumed it was our winemaking philosophy to use older oak on our wines - to show the character of...