by Pieter Walser | Jun 26, 2024 | Blog
The first ever troop to proudly display the ever-so-simple original gangster BLANKBOTTLE badge of identity, was a wine called 343. The label was a simple, gray font backed by a humble, self adhesive small sticker. In those early foundation-laying years of BLANKBOTTLE...
by Pieter Walser | Apr 29, 2024 | Blog
It was one late November evening in 2017, when my then-assistant Julia and myself were blending the initial vintage of Master of None 2017 – and it was no minor feat I can tell you. Master of None is any mixologists’ dream. The 2022 vintage is a blend of no less...
by Pieter Walser | Apr 29, 2024 | Blog
SCARED IS WHAT YOU FEEL, BRAVE IS WHAT YOU DO – 2021 The name says it all. Sometimes the valley of dark shadows chooses you. This wine is dedicated to the chosen ones – who, not by choice, brave the rough seas – showing no fear! R350 a bottle. A...
by Pieter Walser | Mar 13, 2024 | Blog
Tuesday 30 Jan, 3:15 am. Piekenierskloof Pinotage is my destination this morning. There’s always the chance of having the rare privilege of the Stellenbosch traffic light green spell – I’ve had it a few times where I could do 64 km/hour straight through the...
by Pieter Walser | Jul 23, 2019 | Blog
Back in 2015 an old varsity friend referred me to a farmer called Boetie van Reenen. Not long thereafter a farmer whom I buy grapes from, as well as a fellow winemaker, referred me to the same guy. So with 3 solid referrals, I met with this Darling farmer who...
by Pieter Walser | Jul 17, 2019 | Blog
In 2013, I released a wine called Familiemoord – a wine about the extraordinary but true story of how the police thought I killed my son and buried him in a shallow grave in the vacant property next to our house. The Cape Argus’ article on 11 May 2013...
