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…
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…
Reliving 2007 in 2019 – Emma reports from the vineyards
Emma is thoroughly enjoying being able to spend more time than usual in the vineyards this harvest with her grape transportation skills in demand. It provides a great opportunity to photograph the journey of some of our grapes, returning to old favourites like Kasteelsig vineyard…
PAARL – Wine & tapas on Wednesdays
This Wednesday pop into our premises for a glass of wine, a plate of tapas and a bit of winemaker on the side. Last chance to officially chat to Jeremy before he heads into the harvest. He will be able to tell you what is…
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…
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…
Harvesting in a heatwave
On the umpteenth day of the heat wave in the Cape this label designing/blogging “Vaalie” tagged along with Jeremy Borg to find out first-hand the process of wine making from the vine to the bottle. The day got off to a rocky start with a…
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…
Busy days – harvest 2013
We got through the last week-end of January without any mishaps. The cooling is working properly. Our Pinotage was cooled down from 26 degrees, the temperature the grapes arrived from the vineyard, to about 17 C – just cool enough for the yeast to lag…
Pinotage panic – Jeremy reflects on harvest day 1
Our first 8 tons on Pinotage are safely in the cellar and in their fermenters. The first day of the harvest is always really exciting. We had taken a number of sugar readings from the vineyard in the preceding days to determine whether we would…
Harvest 2013
After a fabulous growing season, we are delighted to report that the harvest will begin today – Friday 25 January! The team in the Cape have been hard at work preparing for this very busy season. Yesterday, winemaker Jeremy Borg took a stroll through the…