Bruce Jack is one of the most passionate, innovative and contagiously enthusiastic winemakers you’ll ever meet. No wonder his wines are always so thrilling to taste. He was awarded South Africa’s ‘Winemaker of the Year’ in 2009 and his cellar, based in a former dynamite factory just 400m from the sea, scooped ‘Winery of the Year’ in 2008. The grapes for this pure Sauvignon come from one of three very isolated, breathtakingly beautiful vineyards, which Bruce ‘stumbled’ across while out hiking. The cooling sea breezes that sweep through this remote spot help to draw out the grape’s enticing aromatic qualities, making it a very attractive aperitif. It’s great, too, with a spicy prawn stir fry, lemon chicken, or in a creamy sauce or with salmon.

Bellingham wine-maker Niel Groenewald located an exceptional pocket of old, low-yielding Chenin Blanc bush vines. Excited by the intense, even-ripening and rich quality of the fruit, he vinified a limited volume of lightly-wooded, lavish and full-bodied wine with a well-rounded, seamless mouthfeel. The result was so good that Niel felt the wine deserved its own unique identity and created “The Bernard Series” concept.

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The legend goes that some errant members of Fairview’s long-established goat herd, supplier of milk for Fairview.s internationally award-winning cheeses, escaped one afternoon from their paddock into the Fairview vineyards when Charles Back’s young son Jason accidentally left the paddock gate open. The little group happily roamed among the vineyards, showing rare discernment by selecting some of the ripest berries from some of the choicest vines. Their selection serves as the inspiration for the blends of these wines. Most of the Viognier was whole bunch pressed, while the other varieties were destalked and crushed. Cold fermentation then took place in stainless steel tanks after which the individual components were left on their lees for 3 months prior to blending and bottling. The wine was lightly fined with casein and then bottled under screw cap to maximise freshness and eliminate cork taint.

Bruce Jack is one of the most passionate, innovative and enthusiastic winemakers you’ll ever meet. No wonder his wines are always so thrilling to taste. He was awarded South Africa’s ‘Winemaker of the Year’ in 2009 and his cellar, based in a former dynamite factory just 400m from the sea, scooped ‘Winery of the Year’ in 2008.The grapes for this pure Sauvignon come from one of three very isolated, breathtakingly beautiful vineyards, which Bruce ‘stumbled’ across while out hiking. The cooling sea breezes that sweep through this remote spot help to draw out the grape’s enticing aromatic qualities, making it a very attractive aperitif. It’s great, too, with a spicy prawn stir fry, lemon chicken, or in a creamy sauce or with salmon.