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…
PAARL – Wine on Wednesdays – For the love of Chenin
And a taste of Tapas… The Borg Family will be on hand to welcome you to 125 Main Road, Paarl. Winemaker Jeremy will be reverting to his previous career as a chef and creating delicious tapas for the peckish to buy , as well as…
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…
CAPE TOWN – Chenin Blanc Beach Party
TRADE – BY INVITATION Painted Wolf Wines will be presenting their Chenin Blanc at the The Chenin Blanc Association CHENIN BLANC PARTY for WOSA and other International guests at The Grand Africa Café and Beach on Tuesday 11th of September 2018. (11:00-15:00) With ocean view…
PAARL – Pop up food and wine tasting at Sit café
Our first taste adventure at our tasting room is a pop-up dinner in partnership with Sit Café. Jeremy and Serena will join forces in the kitchen to create a four-course winter comfort menu that will be paired with some the Painted Wolf Wines’ most delicious…
The lighter side of winning
When you enter the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) you are going up against some of the most famous wine brands in the world, so winning any award is extremely gratifying. This year, 275 judges blind tasted 16903 wines from around the world. Here is…
JOHANNESBURG – Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show Public Tastings
Come and meet Amanda and taste our silver medal and best value winning wine at the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show public tastings. Makro will have a pop-up store on site for immediate orders of your favourite wine, or if you need to go home…
CAPE TOWN – Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show Public Tastings
Come and meet Jeremy and taste our silver medal and best value winning wine at the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show public tastings. Makro will have a pop-up store on site for immediate orders of your favourite wine, or if you need to go home…
Wine, woman power and singing praises
Wine Last week, the team had rather a hectic week. The amazing Mourvèdre and Shiraz grapes growing at Kasteelsig vineyard in the Swartland were ripe and ready to be made into intense flavourful wine. At the same time, Jeremy had to be up in Jo’burg…
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…
Tasting Veritas gold and other adventures in wine
We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded 9 medals in total at this year’s Veritas awards. Gold: “Penny” Swartland Viognier 2014 Silver: The Den Chenin Blanc 2015, Pictus II 2010 Bronze: The Den Cabernet Sauvignon 2013; Peloton Rouge 2012; Black Pack Shiraz…
A trio of tastings – two wine clubs and dinner at 10 Bompas
Wow, it has been a busy week! Jeremy flew up from the Cape to be the man on the spot at three back-to-back tasting events this week. VATS wine club were our hosts on Tuesday evening. A fantastic evening was had by all at the…
Six of the best – no punishment in these palate pleasers
We are pleased to report that out of the six wines entered into the International Wine Challenge for 2014, all six were awarded medals. No gold medals were awarded for any Pinotage or dry Chenin Blanc from South Africa, so getting silvers for our Guillermo…
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…
Of merlot, snakes and shipments to Canada – another busy week of harvest 2013
Our week began with a bang! We harvested Shiraz on Monday and Merlot on Tuesday. Monday is unfortunately always a slow day as it takes a while for the pickers to get going after the weekend partying! We got the first load of grapes into…
Painted Wolf goes wild at Decanter World Wine awards
Results are in for the 2011 Decanter World Wine awards, and we are delighted by our performance – 7 medals and a commendation. Silver Medal Den Chenin Blanc 2010 Den Pinotage 2010 Lekanyane White (Chenin Blanc, Viognier, Verdelho) 2009 Jemma/ Lekanyane White (Chenin Blanc, Viognier,…
Den Chenin, Leyanyane and Guillermo are Allan’s choice in Taste magazine
In 2007, Emma and Jeremy Borg founded Painted Wolf Wines as an advocate for the conservation of the endangered African Wild Dog. Allan Mullins picks the pride of their pack: PAINTED WOLF LEKANYANE WHITE 2009 Chenin Blanc, Viognier and Verdelho make up this lively blend,…
Oz Clarke Rates the Den Chenin 2009
Den Chenin Blanc 2009 features in the 2011 version of Oz Clarkes book, Top 250. The wine has been chosen as one of the 10 best white wines available in UK for under 10 pounds.