Category: In the Spotlight

With Pinotage day being tomorrow, we wanted to take this opportunity to delve into a the story of our proudly South African Pinotage grape varietal.     The Pinotage grape varietal is a cross between the Pinot Noir and Hermitage (otherwise known as Cinsault) grapes and came about through an experiment by Professor Perold, the first …

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‘IN THE SPOTLIGHT’: THE STAGE IS SET FOR WOMEN’S MONTH “Just because it’s made by a woman, doesn’t mean it’s good.” This was more or less a comment I got from someone when talking about our very own Ntsiki Biyela from Aslina wines and her story as the first female black winemaker in South Africa. …

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