The
restructured Garagiste Movement of South Africa, now boasts a constitution and
a committee of seven under the chairmanship of Clive Torr, who brought the
garagiste concept to South Africa in 1995, and is now making his own garagiste
wines under his Clive Torr label. The new committee
includes Tanja Beutler of Topaz Wine Company, Pierre Rabie of Giant
Periwinkle Wines, Alwyn Liebenberg of Lieben Wines, Nick Furness of Wine
Machinery, Dr Johann van Eck of Van Eck Family and Friends Winery and Professor
Wessel du Toit of the University of Stellenbosch.
Under the
Movement’s Constitution, a member garagiste is an artisanal winemaker who makes
9 000 litres per vintage or less (12 000 bottles or 40 barrels).
Clive Torr says
that the goals of the Garagiste Movement are: to promote garagiste winemaking
in South Africa; to promote the interest of garagiste winemakers and to serve
as their mouthpiece; and to provide educational and technical support to its
members.
The launch
membership is a diverse range of passionate small-scale winemakers bonded by
their passion for wine and winemaking. Their output might be small in quantity,
but makes no compromises on quality and some superb hand-crafted wines are the
result. Each winemaker has an interesting story to tell and their individual
personalities are reflected in the wines they produce.
If you are an
artisanal winemaker and would like to know more about the Garagiste Movement of
South Africa, please contact Tanja Beutler tanja@garagistemovement.co.za.
This press
release was issued on behalf of The Garagiste Movement of South Africa by
Julian Richfield Communications.