Once Upon a Vineyard

Pinot Noir has been described as the “Holy Grail” of wine. It is the most…

Last year we flattened the old, leaking pond in the middle of the farm and we…

On a farm you have to learn to do a lot of things yourself and one of the…

The trauma of living through the droughts in Grahamstown (now Makhanda) left…

Over the years we’ve had to do quite a lot of burning. We’ve never liked to do…

In my short wine-growing career I have been amazed by the absolute certainty of…

"Good wine is made in the vineyard”. This is a phrase you often hear when you…

I went to a Pinot presentation and workshop hosted at Bramon and run by Jan…

Farming is really hard work. It takes a particular kind of stamina to do field…

The scale of wine farming is like everything else: as you produce more, so your…