Getting Painted Wolves a seat at the table
When most people hear the words African wildlife conservation, they are most likely to think of rhinos, elephants and lions. This is mainly because the conservation conversations in the last few years have revolved around the appetite for wildlife products in Asia and the poverty…
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…
News from the African Wildlife Conservation Fund
Jeremy got the following news from the African Wildlife Conservation Fund: A successful denning season What a wonderful denning season we had down in the Zimbabwean Lowveld in 2017. Our scouts were kept on their toes monitoring the 21 (out of 27) resident pack…
Vote for beauty
For the third year in a row, Painted Wolf Wines have stepped up as sponsors of Nature’s Best Photography Africa. This exhibition of spectacular photographs is on at the Iziko South Africa museum until March 4, 2018. There are so many reasons we are happy…
Wild dog news from Painted Dog Conservation
Jeremy subscribes to the Painted Dog newsletter and received this news from Peter Blinston: 2017 came crashing to an end for all of us at PDC. In the past weeks, we have witnessed the tragic demise of the Mabuyamabhema pack, who succumbed to rabies. Our desperation…
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…
November – update from KZN
Jeremy received this month’s update from Cole Du Plessis of the EWT – it continues the saga of the wild dog population in KZN: “November has been a fruitful month in maintaining and expanding South Africa’s wild dog metapopulation. The greatest highlight of all was…
Painted Wolf update from the field
Earlier this month, Jeremy recieved an email from Cole Du Plessis of the Endangered Wildlife Trust, giving an update on his work in the field with African wild dogs (he refers to them throughout as Painted Wolves which we can’t fault). Cole’s report Early in…
Where do our donations go?
Charitable contributions are sometimes looked at with scepticism. When we say a portion of our profits go towards African wild dog conservation, it is hard to quantify exactly where it makes landfall and which specific programmes it goes towards, unless it is a direct contribution…
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…
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…
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. …
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…
The Wild Dogs in and around Kruger – an update from the field
Grant Beverley from The Endangered Wildlife Trust sent us his update from the field, including feedback from the census we sponsored: “After another constructive meeting with SANParks and the State Vet services a project proposal will be submitted to continue monitoring of Wild Dogs within…
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….
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…
Roussanne and wild dogs
Our Black Pack Roussanne won a silver medal that the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Awards 2015. Jeremy has used this grape as a fantastic addition to our white blends, a traditional use for this particular varietal, but has also ventured into presenting it as a…
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,…
Going to the dogs at the Old Mutual Two Oceans marathon
The Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon (OMTOM) is around the corner and once again, there will be people running for Wild Dog conservation. The organisers and beneficiaries of the team’s efforts are the African Wildlife Conservation Fund, a small, dedicated NGO from the south-eastern Zimbabwe…
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…
Dogged pursuits in KZN – new ranges
The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) in collaboration with its partners, released a pack of five African Wild Dogs onto Somkhanda Game Reserve in northern KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday 29 November 2014. Northern KZN is a Wild Dog conservation stronghold. The pack comprised two males originating from…
Pictus III – the story behind the label
Each one of our Pictus vintages features a different painting by one of our pack artists. Lin Barrie’s artwork appeared on Pictus one and now again on Pictus III. Lin Barrie sent us the story behind the painting: For many months in 2007, we observed a pack of African…
Dogged pursuits in Kwazulu Natal – October and November news
David Marneweck from the Endangered Wildlife Trust sent us this update on the wild dogs in KwaZulu Natal The last few weeks on the project have been filled with a number of wild dog sightings, both opportunistically and at call ups for collaring. Recently in…
From Hwange to Holland and everywhere in between – Jealous Mpofu on tour
We recently received an update from Peter Blinston, Managing Director of Painted Dog Conservation, Zimbabwe. In it he describes how he and Tracker Jealous Mpofu went on a “World Tour” at the beginning of this year. “Well not quite a World Tour, of course, but…
Running Wild – a pack of wild dogs spotted at Two Oceans marathon
A pack 50 canine cavorters took to the streets of Cape Town for the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon over the Easter Weekend. Ears a-flapping, they doggedly pursued their goal of finishing the 21 km course, raising funds for Wild Dog conservation and raising…
Dogged pursuits in KZN – April news
An update from Dave Marneweck, KwaZulu-Natal Project Field Officer at the Endangered Wildlife Trust: It has been a busy few weeks in KZN trying to finalise permits and organise finer details of the proposed wild dog moves. Currently we are waiting the completion of a…
Wild at art – Lin Barrie on the things she loves most
Reblogged from our dear friend Lin Barrie… visit her website here Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, Painted Wolf Wines, African wild dogs and Marathons….. Posted on March 28, 2014 by wineandwilddogs African wild dogs! my passion….. Unique to Africa, and endangered, these special predators are…
Dogged pursuits in Kwazulu Natal – an update from the field
We just received an email update from Dave Marneweck, KwaZulu-Natal Project Field Officer at the Endangered Wildlife Trust. He attached some great photos of the Wild Dogs he works with and vividly brought to life, the comings and goings of the individuals he knows. Here…
Selfies and other dogged pursuits
The Oxford English Dictionary declared “selfie” the word of the year in 2013. Selfies have been popping up on social media for a while now, the first use of the word dating back to 2002 (yup, those dark ages). Our facebook fans often share photos…
Portfolios pedals and pop ups – Painted Wolf Wines in 2013
Our year kicked off to a sociable start when Jeremy flew off to London in February to take part in Ehrmanns inaugural portfolio tasting event. Here Jeremy introduced our pack of palatable potations to UK wine buyers. It was so successful, they are doing it…
Wild Dog Diaries (69) Brendan Whittington-Jones
Country music is littered with cheesy love songs. Songs of broken hearts and perseverance really do seem to be the backbone of most albums (I’ll also acknowledge other key themes such as bars and trucks). There are however some rather more raw alternatives to those…
“Dog Days” takes top award at 2012 Wildlife Photographer of the year
South African photographer Kim Wolhuter has won The Gerald Durrell Award for Endangered Species in the 2012 Wildlife Photographer of the Year. This from the Natural History Museum‘s website: “Kim has been filming African wild dogs at Zimbabwe’s Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve for more than four…