Author name: Emma Borg

Our 20th Harvest Gosh, I can hardly believe that 20 years have passed since we first harvested grapes for Painted Wolf. Each vintage has been different with its own set of challenges, excitement, and success and this vintage was no different. After a relatively dry and mild winter the vines were itching to dust off

As we celebrate the end of a busy year we have much to be proud of: strong Platter results, with six wines achieving 4.5 stars, and we are honoured that our long-term commitment to conservation has been recognised by the Endangered Wildlife Trust. Painted Wolf Wines has been awarded the EWT’s top accolade, the prestigious 2025 Cheetah Award.

Shop our wines here As spring kicked off this year, conservation leaders came together in Dinokeng for a landmark meeting to review the 2015 Regional Conservation Strategy for Cheetah and African Wild Dogs. Among the participants were leading scientists Rosemary Groom, Cole Du Plessis, and Jessica Watermeyer, who joined colleagues from across Africa to assess

Honouring Guillermo (Billy) Hughes: A Legacy Rooted in Kasteelsig Billy (Guillermo) Hughes and his late wife Penny were among the earliest investors in the Painted Wolf journey. We met Billy in 1997, shortly after arriving in the Cape. Originally from Mendoza, Argentina, Billy had long dreamed of owning a vineyard—one he realized in South Africa.

The 2025 harvest – a Watershed We are excitedly reflecting on a very different vintage with the last grapes of the 2025 harvest safely in the cellar. Before 2020, we made wine in the same cellar for nine vintages, but the post-COVID period has been disruptive. When that cellar closed, we struggled to find a