A label designer, a wine promoter and the road less travelled
On the last day of July, Amanda (Jeremy’s sister and the Gauteng Painted Wolf Wines promoter) and I set off from Johannesburg in the Painted Wolf vehicle, laden with what seemed like way too much stuff. We were making a dash for the border, specifically…
Awards – our wines perform well in the beginning of the year
We started the year off with some great awards for our wines. If you are a follower on facebook, you would have noticed an increase in photos of Jeremy holding certificates and looking proud. National Wine Challenge/Top 100 wines 2017 At the National Wine challenge/Top…
News from Painted Dog Conservation
Peter Blinston sent this news: Life Saving Collars The first three months of 2107 have already been intensely busy, particularly in providing protection for the Nyamandlovu pack. For some months now we have been concerned about the shift in the Nyamandlovu pack’s territory, which has…
Emma’s report from Kagoshima and Taiwan
It was a whirlwind four days in Kagoshima in the far South of Japan, where our importer Homboshoten is based. It took over 30 hour’s door to door, and I barely had a chance to take in the famous volcano across the bay as we…
The pack pow – wow in Paarl
In January this year, two Gauteng pack members (it doesn’t quite have the same ring as Vaalies), Amanda and I (label designer Lori) flew down for a gathering of the pack. We had a lot to discuss, from new websites to social media strategies, to…
Dinner for the dogs in a deluge
Our fund raising evening on Wednesday started out very ominously with the mother of all storms breaking over much of Joburg. In fact it was so bad in the east of the city, the roads around OR Tambo airport were completely flooded and the N1…
Dinner for the dogs
Many people are astonished to hear that there are fewer than 450 African wild dogs left in South Africa today. The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) recognised the plight of this species back in 1997 and began a multi-faceted programme to attempt to increase their numbers. …
Painting the town red (and silver)
A handful of our reds were winners at the recent International Wine and Spirit Awards. Peloton Rouge 2013 (a predominantly Shiraz and Pinotage Cape Blend) won a Silver Outstanding in the Category: Syrah Dominated Red Blends. The other two Silver Outstanding awards went to the…
Amanda roves from wine show to wine show
Mercury Wine Week Our roving pack member, Amanda (pictured above with Jeremy) is currently at the Mercury Wine Week. It takes place in the Champion’s Room at Greyville Racecourse in Durban. She will be pouring our wines and chatting up a storm every day this…
Emma’s report from Zambia
Here I am at last, sitting on the banks of the Luangwa River at Flatdogs Camp, watching the hippos frolic in the water through the tall grass, and admiring the thick forest vegetation on the opposite bank stretching as far as the eye can see…