THE VINEYARDS For the most part, our vineyards are old dry-farmed bushvines. They represent a bygone era of low-tech high-fidelity viticulture. They capture a sense of place, of identity and of heritage. They tell a part of the Cape's story - a story that goes back centuries.
Hemelrand Vine Garden is a unique vineyard that produces a unique wine. The idea is to bottle the wine just as the vineyard produces it, effectively creating a white field blend that changes every year depending on the vintage conditions. This way we have one place expressed by a few different grapes, changing as the season dictates. The wine is…
Hereafter Here is a young vineyard wine. The great thing about planting young vines is that you can choose the site and the material purely for the sake of quality wine. Some of our favourite growers have already planted new vines, as will we on our own farm in the coming years. I find the idea of planting for the…
Huilkrans is a single origin Chenin Blanc wine. It has gained a very strong following amongst Chenin lovers and is considered by critics to be approximately equal to Magnetic North in quality. If Magnetic North is the tenor voice of Skurfberg, then Huilkrans must be the deeper baritone. It works on a lower, richer frequency, but still unmistakably from this…
Monument Sémillon is a single vineyard wine from a remarkable old vineyard in Franschhoek. This wine represents a bygone agricultural era in the Cape. It showcases great old Cape DNA in a way that few other wines can. These grand old vines are farmed by father and son, Anton and Koos Roux on their family farm, La Colline. They are…
Nautical Dawn is the phase of dawn that occurs between astrological dawn and civilian dawn. It’s a mysterious time of day – dark enough to see the stars for navigation, light enough to hoist a sail. We wanted a name that would take you close to the sea and facing East.
Made using uncomplicated (not simple) winemaking techniques, this is an athletic, chiseled and precise wine. It embraces the very adult tastes of salinity, brininess and minerality, all of which are the hallmarks of the great and classic white wines of the world.
Greek for “a serene state of mind, free from worry and preoccupation”, Ataraxia lives up to the hype. Aptly called The Skyfields, Ataraxia Wines is perfectly positioned on a commanding rise in the beautiful Hemel-en-Aarde wine-growing area.
Greek for “a serene state of mind, free from worry and preoccupation”, Ataraxia lives up to the hype. Aptly called The Skyfields, Ataraxia Wines is perfectly positioned on a commanding rise in the beautiful Hemel-en-Aarde wine-growing area.
Greek for “a serene state of mind, free from worry and preoccupation”, Ataraxia lives up to the hype. Aptly called The Skyfields, Ataraxia Wines is perfectly positioned on a commanding rise in the beautiful Hemel-en-Aarde wine-growing area.
We are a boutique family winery in the picturesque town of Stellenbosch, South Africa. We focus on handcrafted fine wines to be enjoyed locally and internationally. The Borman family put great effort and detail into every bottle of Boschkloof produced, allowing fellow wine lovers to share their passion of wine.
We are a boutique family winery in the picturesque town of Stellenbosch, South Africa. We focus on handcrafted fine wines to be enjoyed locally and internationally. The Borman family put great effort and detail into every bottle of Boschkloof produced, allowing fellow wine lovers to share their passion of wine.
We are a boutique family winery in the picturesque town of Stellenbosch, South Africa. We focus on handcrafted fine wines to be enjoyed locally and internationally. The Borman family put great effort and detail into every bottle of Boschkloof produced, allowing fellow wine lovers to share their passion of wine.
Peter and Max are the first names of the growers who supplied the fruit for the first vintage of this wine. The fruit sources have since changed but the name remains to honor the beginnings of our multi-vineyard Pinot Noir blend. The philosophy here is to use the different batches to form a blend that is more than the sum…
The Agnes Chardonnay is named after our Great Grandmother, Agnes Floyd, who arrived in South Africa at the tender age of 14. Sturdy in build and character, she is reputed to be the first lady to have had a driver's licence in the city of Cape Town. This multiple vineyard blend is made to reflect the resilience and strength of…
Vineyard Notes: The fruit for our GRANITE Syrah hails from bush vines planted in the decomposed Granitic soils of the Paardeberg. This wine has become our Single Terroir red most synonymous with gorgeous perfumed aromas, freshness and length. Production Notes: Whole bunches were put into open top 500L French oak barrels and foot stomped to release some juice. Fermentation with…
‘Porseleinberg is one of the greatest Syrah sites in the southern hemisphere. The vines are still young, but this brutal vineyard produces wines of incredible intensity and focus.’ – Tim Atkin MW
NOTES | Over the past 5 years Palladius has been the wine that grew the most in quality and refinement and much of this has to do with the addition of more vineyards and the improvement of their viticulture. Currently of all our wines, the Palladius, with 17 vineyards, obviously represents the biggest canvas of the Swartland.
At the outset of a pre-release tasting of his 2025 wines, Duncan Savage observes, “The market’s tight. I’m so happy I didn’t follow the trend to go aspirational R1,000 a bottle.” He goes on to describe 2025 as “a vintage where the stars aligned”, and the wines bear this out: Savage’s range has always been strong, but the 2025s deliver…
A big thanks to the team at Savage and in particular long time assistant winemaker Banele Vakele who will be leaving us to grow his own brand Tembela. We wish Banele all the best and will keep you posted on the new venture he and I are embarking on as partners.
We continue to operate from our city home in Salt River developing and farming parcels of vines in various locations around the Western Cape. Fortunately for us, all the hard work in the vineyards, especially mulching, paid off and we saw the rest of the season yielding some incredible fruit. It was definitely a winemaker's vintage, fruit needed to be…
A big thanks to the team at Savage and in particular long time assistant winemaker Banele Vakele who will be leaving us to grow his own brand Tembela. We wish Banele all the best and will keep you posted on the new venture he and I are embarking on as partners.
Thamnus wines originate in a remote corner of the Overberg, South Africa, where renowned wine regions converge. In close proximity to Walker Bay and overlooking the Hemel-en-Aarde valley, the vineyards benefit from exceptional wine-growing conditions found only here. Our unique terroir also nurtures the rare mountain rose, Orothamnus Zeyheri for which our wines are named. The vineyards traverse North-facing slopes…
Thamnus wines originate in a remote corner of the Overberg, South Africa, where renowned wine regions converge. In close proximity to Walker Bay and overlooking the Hemel-en-Aarde valley, the vineyards benefit from exceptional wine-growing conditions found only here. Our unique terroir also nurtures the rare mountain rose, Orothamnus Zeyheri for which our wines are named. The vineyards traverse North-facing slopes…
Grapes were sourced from the incredible ward of Lower Duivenshokriver situated between Riversdale, Vermaaklikheid and Heidelberg - within the Cape South Coast region. Limestone soils, cool mean ripening temperatures and only 10km from the ocean - creates a beautiful, mineral Chardonnay. The grapes were harvested in the 3rd week of Feb, partly whole bunch pressed and partly crushed, fermented naturally…
Harvested from the lovely vineyards of Elim on soils varying from shale, gravel and Ferricrete also known as Koffieklip. Minimal intervention throughout the winemaking process created a beautiful cool climate Syrah. After de-stemming the wine fermented naturally in open-top fermenters and benefitted from daily punch-downs. The wine then spent 11 months in partly new and older French oak and was…
The name has several meanings to me. It is not only a reminder of some sage advice from my grandfather who always told me that if you want to make a success of something you need to put in the hard yards and graft (depicted by the man working in the top left hand corner). The word also refers to…
Van Loggerenberg Wines is a family-run winery based in Paarl, making low-intervention, site-specific wines from vineyards mainly in the Stellenbosch and Swartland appellations. “For me, freshness and purity are paramount. I want to express the vineyard sites with elegance, balance and bags of flavour." Lukas van Loggerenberg, Winemaker
Van Loggerenberg Wines is a family-run winery based in Paarl, making low-intervention, site-specific wines from vineyards mainly in the Stellenbosch and Swartland appellations. “For me, freshness and purity are paramount. I want to express the vineyard sites with elegance, balance and bags of flavour." Lukas van Loggerenberg, Winemaker
Van Loggerenberg Wines is a family-run winery based in Paarl, making low-intervention, site-specific wines from vineyards mainly in the Stellenbosch and Swartland appellations. “For me, freshness and purity are paramount. I want to express the vineyard sites with elegance, balance and bags of flavour." Lukas van Loggerenberg, Winemaker
