by Pieter Walser | Sep 26, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized
Meet the man making mind-bending wine. If you worked at the BBC in the late Nineties, South African Pieter Walser may owe you an apology. After a friend wrote his CV “then spent two weeks explaining to me what was on it”, Walser hooked a job as assistant IT manager of...
by Pieter Walser | Sep 9, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
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 small batches of wine in my own winery, bottling quality weird wines and designing my own labels, without the...
by Pieter Walser | Jul 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
So sorry I have been so quiet! Things on the BLANKbottle side; however, have been everything but quiet. Since you last heard from me I bottled 19 new wines, rigged my own winery (long story!), did the first harvest there (double the production size of last year) and...
by Pieter Walser | Dec 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
I see myself as being in the stress release business and would love to assist you in accomplishing just that while you are lounging at the beach in the coming holidays. Professor Kukurowitz 2012 and Eleventh hour 2007 are unfortunately now sold out, BUT I am making a...
by Pieter Walser | May 20, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
Man oh man – what have I got myself into now? Have you ever chased a lion, then caught it and thought: now what? Well, I’ve caught the lion. BLANKbottle’s going to London (well… that depends on the UK consulate, but more about that later). Three weeks ago, at...
by Pieter Walser | Jun 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Sitting underground in one of the cellars at Cordoba drinking awesome old vintages Cordoba wines with friends. The 1995 is by far the best. That’s now off course for Cab Franc…. Terroir terroir terroir!
