Denning down with our Pack
With the unprecedented situation facing us across the world, at Painted Wolf Wines we are taking inspiration from our mantra “Remarkably persistent, persistently remarkable”, as we focus on keeping our business alive while doing everything we can to help flatten the curve. The success of…
News from the den – mafia, money and more
As always, the pack at Painted Wolf Wines is constantly on the move, spreading the word on wine and wild dogs. Expanding our paw print Jeremy and Amanda have been busy spreading the word, in Johannesburg, KZN, and across the Cape. We have been delighted…
Megan’s harvest adventure
For most of March, Jeremy was running from pillar to post, keeping up with all his harvesting jobs. As we mentioned in our previous post – Jeremy is always on the lookout for interesting parcels of grapes, and their different locations keep him on the…
Move-ember and beyond
If you think this year has gone past fast, then consider the 5 weeks (35 days) at Painted Wolf Wines and compare us to the painted wolves we love so much – we have been on the trot, covering thousands of kilometres to spread the…
Tasting room opening celebration
If you happened to drive past the historic house at 125 Main Road, Paarl on Wednesday October 31st, you might have seen it decked out in bunting, with various signs exhorting people to pop in. If you had stopped and come in you would have…
Autumnal feasts and wine tasting wanderings.
Jeremy is once again off on a wander around the UK with stops for dinners, lectures and in- store tastings. All details are available on our events page on this website, but we thought it would be fun to give you a run down here….
Collaring some great food and wine in Kwazulu-Natal
Our pack have been on the move almost constantly since April. Jeremy meandered around KZN, Jo’burg and the Lowveld, while Emma explored new areas of Zambia and caught up with all the travel professionals at Indaba, World Travel Market Africa and We Are Africa. In…
Unusual wines in the cellar
Anyone who knows Jeremy, knows that he likes creating wines that are not run of the mill – Viognier, Roussanne, and Grenache are good examples. When offered a few tons of unusual grapes, he is unlikely to say no. This past week, he took delivery…
Wanderings at harvest time
Our pack Whatsapp group recently went on a pinging bonanza as Jeremy shared his photos from the field. He had taken a cycle to Leeuwenkuil and Langvlei to check on the state of the grapes before he briefly flits off to London for the North…
Happy Doggy days
Wine Wow! We have had quite a year! Our 10th birthday heralded an increase in sales, a new website and some very nice awards. Thank you to all of you who are such steadfast fans of our wines. It is you who spread the word…
20 places to meet Jeremy and try our wines during September in the UK
Jeremy is off to the UK for a wander between wine tastings. Actually, some days it’ll be less of a wander and more like a frenzied dash across the country. He is looking forward to catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. He…
The third ‘Wine & Wild dog’ weekend at Chilo Lodge, Zimbabwe 2017
If you are looking for a taste of wild and remote pristine wilderness, look no further! You HAVE to go to Gonarezhou! Drive in or fly in, that is the hardest decision you will have to make! Once there, everything is taken care of and…
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…
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…
9 things we are thankful for on our ninth birthday
As it’s our birthday month and we are nine years old, we thought it would be apt to look back at nine aspects of our company that sum it all up. Beginnings: Painted Wolf Wines was founded by Jeremy and Emma on 4th April 2007….
Wine adventures – February 28 – March 4, 2016
Jeremy is up in Jo’burg for a few days and will be taking us on a few wine adventures while he is here. Wine adventures at Copperlake Brewing Co. Sunday February 28th from 14h00 – 16h00 Jeremy and Amanda will be at Copperlake Brewing Company,…
2015 review and February events
We are trying to find a bit of breathing space in the busy beginning of this year, to reflect on an amazing 2015. Last year, Jeremy and Emma divided the globe into West and East respectively. Jeremy visited customers in the USA and then went…
Wine & Wild dog weekend at Chilo Lodge, Zimbabwe
If you are looking for a taste of wild and remote pristine wilderness, look no further! You have to go to Gonarezhou! You may well wonder why hold a ‘Wine and wild dog weekend’ – well, it all started with the maiden vintage of our flagship…
Celebration of Painted Wolves – the wobbly wanderings of a winemaker
Jeremy had a fantastic trip to the UK. His experiences ranged from the very grand Tusk Dinner at Windsor Castle in the presence of Tusk patron HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, to grimly cycling on and on, in cold and clammy conditions. The grimmest…
A Celebration of Painted Wolves – our artists
Thanks to the following artists who contributed art or photography to our Tusk 25th anniversary fund raising auction. The artwork followed Jeremy around the UK and was auctioned to raise funds for the Tusk trusts conservation programmes in Africa. Daryl and Sharna Balfour their website…
Celebration of Painted Wolves – London Wine Fair and Beyond
It’s been a busy week for Jeremy. He temporarily hung up his cycling gear and swapped pedalling bikes for peddling Painted Wolf at the London Wine Fair. Three days of talking and tasting with North South Wines, our UK distributor. The evenings were taken up…
A Celebration of Painted Wolves
After a long time planning, A Celebration of Painted Wolves, UK is off to a flying start with Jeremy completing the first leg of his bicycle odyssey from Cornwall to Scotland. The Painted Wolf wines pack has been working their fingers down to stumps,…
Fine food, wine and people in Japan
Just over a year ago I arrived in Tokyo to pour our wines at the huge Foodex show. I had no idea how the Japanese would react to our labels or style of winemaking. My old school friend Kozue and I were blown away with…
Wine and Gourmet Japan, Emma goes East
Emma will be pouring our wines at Wine and Gourmet Japan 2015 between 15 and 17 April. She will be joined by our Japanese translator, pack member and all round indispensable person, Kozue and the MD of our importer, HomboShoten, who will both be helping…
Hair of the dog and other wine tasting in California
Jeremy is currently flitting from State to State to Province in the USA and Canada. Here are two of the wine tasting events he will be presenting in California this week. “Hair of the Dog” wine tasting Wednesday, March 18 at Zizzo’s Coffeehouse & Wine…
2014 in review
Welcome to 2015! If last year was anything to go by we will be running all over the place again, spreading the wild dog word as we go. 2014 started off with a blast as a heatwave hit in harvest season, bringing the grapes to…
On yer bikes to Africa Cycle Fair
Cycling is one of the fastest growing pastimes in the world, in fact it is fast outstripping golf as the most popular weekend activity globally. Painted Wolf Wines top dog, Jeremy Borg is an avid cyclist. His training rides often take him from Paarl to…
Nedbank Tour de Tuli, Day 4 – seeing dinosaurs and looking out for other large reptiles
Day Four took cyclist through the bush from Nottingham Estates to Sentinel Ranch, then on, across the border into South Africa and the last push to the end. A Massospondylus skeleton in a rock on Sentinel Ranch. Cyclists had the opportunity to stop, have a…
Nedbank Tour de Tuli, Day 3 – talking to donkeys and photobombing
Have you wondered how the cyclists find their way around without getting lost in the bush until they die from lack of a tea stop? The participants are divided up into teams. Some teams consist of corporate or club groups and some are a mix of groups…
Nedbank Tour de Tuli, Day 2 – cycling pioneer paths
Day Two followed some historical paths through the Tuli block and across borders. Jeremy at one of the refreshment stops, rocking a really good case of helmet hair – one of the hazards of 4 days riding in the bush. The cycle teams followed the…
Nedbank Tour de Tuli, Day 1 – in which Jeremy avoids being crocbait
Jeremy returned from the Tour de Tuli, with a point-and-click camera full of images and an excitement about this amazing experience that is almost impossible to put into words. However, we can do it in maps and pictures. Getting to the Tour was a race against…
From trekking to tasting – Japan revisited
In the 1980’s, Emma and friend, Pip, quit their first jobs, bought round-the-world tickets and set off on an adventure. One of the key stops was a visit to school friend, Kozue, who had returned home to Japan. Now a couple of decades later, Emma…
Tracking the pack in February and March
Although African Wild Dogs are only found in isolated pockets of wilderness, our pack roams far beyond borders to promote our wine and highlight the plight of our favourite canines. Today and Thursday, Top Dog, Jeremy is presenting our current range at the Ehrmann’s Portfolio…