We recently welcomed a small herd of the exotic Ankole cattle, who feature so prominently in Daniel’s book “Sacred Sightings” to the farm and look forward to showing them off to visitors. They can be viewed from 09h00- 16h00 whenever the tasting room is open. We look forward to further works from him highlighting these iconic animals, but with a South African slant this time.
Message from our Winemaker
Winemaker Abe Beukes is upbeat about his plans for the upcoming season and is on top of various initiatives to ensure optimum water use and quality grapes from our vineyards. “As promised in the previous newsletter we started with a long term plan to save water in our vineyards. We fully covered the soil in our first block with straw and will continue with the process annually after harvest until all the vineyards are done. Visit our website to see more...
Wine News
New Releases
We’re excited to release the 2017 Y Sauvignon Blanc as well as the long awaited Danilo 2017 Rosé which is available from the tasting room at R55 and R90 per bottle respectively.
Merlot Scores with Winemag
The Yonder Hill Merlot 2014 achieved 89 points in the recent Winemag Merlot Report, which just shows again what brilliant Merlot we produce on this little piece of Helderberg heaven. Pop in to grab some at R190 per bottle.
What's On at Yonderhill?
Taste of Tygervalley Wine Fest a Success
In July we participated in the first Taste of Tygervalley Wine Festival and it was great fun introducing our wines to northern suburbs wine lovers.
Enter our Woman's Month Competition
Visit our Facebook page and enter our “Treat Yourself & a Friend” competition. It’s easy to enter – just share and tag a friend, your mom or your sister and you could be the lucky winner of a Sorbet Pamper Package and three bottles of Danilo Rosé 2017 worth R1000. The winner will be announced on Woman’s Day 9 August. So get to sharing and tagging!
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