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Bottling the new BLACK 2010

We’re bottling today. The second BLACK vintage that made it to bottle. The 2010, aged in small French oak for 12 months and then to larger 700 liter casks for...

July 2011 - a day in the life of a BLANKbottle

Last week Xaver (my brother) and I produced a new BLANKbottle short film: “A day in the life of BLANKbottle”. Whilst writing the script, I once again realized how much goes into...

Filming a day in the life of BLANKbottle

For the past 3 days we’ve been filming a new film for BLANKbottle. My brother, Xaver’s here for a big production and thanks to brotherly love, made some time available...

VISI mag photoshoot

Just got back from a lekke interview and photoshoot with VISI magazine. Great to be part of this. See Aug/Sept issue “Blue sky thinkers”.See picture of Alma in front of...

Winetastings in Johannesburg/Cape Town etc...

This is the time of the year when I release plenty of new wines. I consequently commit a substantial amount of my time to one of my favourite pastimes –...

Some of my Chenin, still fermenting

Can you believe it. This wild fermentation Chenin is still fermenting. It’s from a 48 year old block of Chenin blanc on the slopes of the Groenberg. Now that’s what...