Paarl – Vietnamese Tapas & Wine – 15 January 2020
We are all definitely going to need to cool down by Wednesday, so why not join us for a cold glass or two in our air-conditioned den. Or if you would prefer to be outside you could be one of the first to enjoy our new,…
Paarl – Wine & Tapas Wednesday – 8 January 2020
We hope you have all had a wonderful break and we are looking forward to welcoming you to our first wine & tapas evening of the year this Wednesday. On the tapas menu this week: Vegetarian pancake spring rolls Chicken tortillas Beef nachos Wines by…
PAARL – Wine and Tapas Wednesday – celebrating awards
As we have received a few awards lately, we thought that this week we would focus on recent accolades when selecting our wines for tasting. We have chosen wines from across our range that have been rated highly in different competitions, representing a variety of…
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…
Launching Guillermo Swartland Pinotage 2014
Our Swartland Pinotage ‘Guillermo’ 2013, with its velvety ripe blueberry, mulberry, exotic spice and creamy vanilla flavours is almost sold out. We are proud to announce that we will be launching Guillermo Swartland Pinotage 2014 at Prowein. We invite you to come and taste it…
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…
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…
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…
A productive and successful 2nd week of Harvest 2013
At the end of week 2, things are going really well! All of our Pinotage from Kasteelsig in the Swartland has fermented as required and has been pressed off to finish fermentation in barrels. The technique for making Pinotage is to ferment the grapes for…
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…