De Wetshof

De Wetshof - Local Awards Summary for September and October 2011.

2011 has been a really great year for De Wetshof and our wines received numerous awards from all over the world, including Chardonnay Du Monde (France), Decanter (UK), IWSC (UK), The Wine Spectator (USA), Tanzer (USA), Robert Parker (USA) and now also locally. Please find attached a media release with some local achievements by our wines during the past two months.

4 De Wetshof wines break 90 point barrier in Parker's Wine Advocate

Four Chardonnays from De Wetshof Estate, the pioneering Chardonnay wine farm in the Robertson Wine Valley, scored 90 points or more in the recent judging of South African wines by the Wine Advocate which is published by the famed American critic Robert Parker.

Wacky Wine a Huge Success @ De Wetshof

Sushi, wine-tasting, Chardonnay Masterclasses, great weather (mostly) and wonderful food all helped make this year's Wacky Wine Week-end a tremendous success on the De Wetshof Estate. Regular visitors to the farm during the Robertson Valley's annual Wacky Wine would have noticed a few new additions to De Wetshof's offerings.

De Wetshof sets sights on new Chardonnay from unique clone

De Wetshof Estate in Robertson, South Africa's pioneering Chardonnay producer, has added a new wine to its portfolio made from one of the oldest Chardonnay vineyards in South Africa.

De Wetshof April 2011 Newsletter

 

News from De Wetshof - Green Practices

 

De Wetshof Finesse Chardonnay served with a Wintery Veg Korma.

 

De Wetshof Bon Vallon Chardonnay served with a Cauliflower Cream Soup

 

Steven Tanzer Rates De Wetshof

Hot on the heels of an array of eye-catching ratings from Wine Spectator, De Wetshof has just received two 90 point scores from respected American critic Steven Tanzer, publisher of the International Wine Cellar. The wines in question are the Limestone Hill 2010 and the Bateleur Chardonnay.

Thunder and lightning, but the Chardonnay quality is frightening

Heat. Wind. Thunder. And lightning that struck the De Wetshof main building. Harvest 2011 will be remembered for a lot of climatic drama at De Wetshof.

De Wetshof icon Bateleur scores 90 points in Wine Spectator

The current releases from De Wetshof Wine Estate received admirable scores in the latest edition of Wine Spectator, the world's most authoritative wine publication. Leading the De Wetshof line-up tasted by judge James Molesworth was the Estate's icon, the Bateleur Chardonnay 2007, which garnered 90 points out of a possible 100.

De Wetshof's January 2011 Wine Spectator Results

 

De Wetshof's 2011 Bubbly Harvest in the Bag

De Wetshof winemakers Peter de Wet and Mervyn Williams were left no time to recover from the New Year's jollifications since harvesting had to commence in the second week of 2011.

De Wetshof Shows Finesse with Golden Oldie at Veritas 2010

The Gold went to the De Wetshof Finesse 1993, one of the iconic De Wetshof Chardonnay wines sporting an admirable track record.

De Wetshof Brut MCC

 

De Wetshof Bateleur Chardonnay - still flying high!

 

De Wetshof News - July 2010

 

World Cup set to score winning goal for SA wine

Like many sectors of South African society, the wine industry is set to capitalise on the enormous benefit from the FIFA World Cup currently taking place in South Africa.

2010 Just Riesling Competition (London) - De Wetshof comes up tops as Best Dry Riesling on show

 

De Wetshof Newsletter April 2010