Even in these belt-tightening times, consumers worldwide are going green, showing – with their wallets – an increased interest in products that have been produced in an environmentally conscious manner. Since its inception in 2009, the main thrust of the Nedbank Green Wine Awards has been to reward and elevate the quality of wines made from organically grown grapes, … [Read more...]
Organic farm pays tribute to extraordinary man
The late Chris du Toit was one of the pioneers of the South African wine industry and was employed at Stellenbosch Farmers Winery for 29 years, where he ended his career as Director of Operations. He was one of the founding members and first generation owner of Brenn-O-Kem (Pty) Ltd. Brenn-O-Kem plays a vital role in the South African wine industry, recycling the by-products … [Read more...]
Wine drinkers help protect Cape environment
Drinking wine is one of life’s great pleasures, but there’s even more pleasure when you know that your favourite tipple is not harming the environment. Through the WWF-SA Biodiversity Wine Initiative (BWI), a pioneering partnership between nature conservation groups and some of the country’s wine producers, savouring wine is more environmentally friendly than ever. So highly … [Read more...]
Organic farm spreads the green message
This month Waverley Hills organic farm near Wolseley, in association with Cape Nature started a community environmental education programme. The aim was to provide children in the local community with a sense of pride and to create a `greener` environment. Over 150 children participated from 6 schools - Drostdy Primary, Twee Jong Gezellen, Montrouge VGK Primary, Steinthal … [Read more...]
Best organic wine in french challenge
Waverley Hills (see pictures) was awarded not only a gold medal for their Shiraz Mourvedre Viognier 2009 but also snatched the Best Organic Wine - Southern Hemisphere award at the 2011 Challenge International du Vin. This challenge was held for the 35th time in Bourg (Bordeaux, France) on 8 and 9 April 2011. During the competition, 4624 wines from 35 countries were judged by … [Read more...]
Waverley hills organic farm
In early January my daughter and I set off on a trip to visit some of the Western Cape organic wine farms for a book I'm co-authoring. I have been passionate about these superb South African wines for a long time. As a student I lived on wine farms on all sides of Stellenbosch. There I was exposed to the health problems experienced by labourers and their families who work … [Read more...]
