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Release of 1st EULOGY 2011 - Tinta Barocca - BO...

As I am writing this I am sitting in the coffee shop of my Hotel on the Durban beachfront. I have three private tastings planned for the evenings and I’m...

The Story of BLNKbottle My Koffer 2011, a strai...

If ever I were to be asked to pinpoint a wine, which changed the way, I think and feel about my business it would have to be My Koffer 2011....

BLANKbottle in Woolworths - Round 2

This is a special pre-release offering of the new Spaniard 2011 – a blend of Carignan, Mourvedre, Grenache and Cinsaut. Some of you may recall a short stint I had...

Harpers trade magazine published an article me ...

For the original article on Harpers website click here: Pieter Walser: BLANKBottle winery, South Africa on worldwide impact of competing in Wine-Stars at LIWF. I heard about Wine-Stars through the www.wine.co.za...

The first time I made it into Decanter - Wine -...

Click here for the original article: Wine-Stars hailed as ‘revolutionary’Small-scale wineries have hailed the Wine-Stars competition that has just taken place as ‘revolutionary’.The brainchild of Catherine Monahan of importer Clink Wines,...

Winestars - top 10 in the world - The low Down

If I said it a 100 times, I’ve said it a 1000 times: I do not believe in a big break, so to speak. I believe that life is a...