Wishing the producers in our portfolio a brilliant #Harvest2021

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We salute each and every worker in the wine industry from the vineyard to the cellar to the bottle to the distribution to the sales to the marketing to the administration to the retailing to the service and beyond - all struggling with anxious uncertainty.

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Four-time Platter's Winery of the Year Mullineux & Leeu Family Wines has launched a staff empowerment Wine Company called Great Heart.

After Mullineux winemakers Chris and Andrea recognised the effects that COVID-19 had on their staff and wine community during the first South African lockdown in 2020, they devised a staff empowerment project aimed at improving the livelihoods of all employees and their families. These exquisite wines are collectively owned by the winery staff, which means that all profits from sales under the Great Heart label will go directly to them.

Congratulations to De Wetshof Estate to raking in four golden awards at two auspicious European wine shows with three of its Chardonnays.

In the most recent Chardonnay du Monde held in France, De Wetshof’s Lesca Chardonnay 2020 achieved a gold medal, also taking its place among the top 10 wines at this year’s competition. De Wetshof’s famous Limestone Hill 2020, South Africa’s most awarded unwooded Chardonnay, also garnered a gold medal at the Chardonnay du Monde. De Wetshof’s Lesca (Finesse) 2020 also won a gold medal at the recent Mundus Vini Competition in Germany, joining the De Wetshof The Site Chardonnay 2018 in a two-gold medal showing for De Wetshof at this show.

Just over a month since the first grapes of 2021 were harvested at Diemersdal in Durbanville, the estate has released the first Sauvignon Blanc of the season. Diemersdal Sauvignon Blanc 2021 will hit the shelves and glasses of Sauvignon Blanc lovers on 5 March 2021.

According to Thys Louw, Diemersdal’s owner-winemaker, the early release is driven by the market. “We are in a fortunate position to have customers clamouring for our Sauvignon Blanc from the new vintage,” he says. “This, as well as the quality of this year’s grapes being conducive to a quick ferment and a short stay to settle in tank, has allowed us to come out with the Cape’s first Sauvignon Blanc of the 2021 vintage.”

Congratulations to the gold medal winners at the 2021 Concours Mondial du Sauvignon Awards. A special congratulations to Tokara Reserve Collection Elgin Sauvignon Blanc 2020 who received the Dubourdieu trophy for the best Sauvignon Blanc of the show.

• Ghost Corner Sauvignon Blanc 2020
• Ghost Corner Wild Ferment 2019
• Delaire Graff Coastal Cuvee Sauvignon Blanc 2015
• Diemersdal The Journal Sauvignon Blanc 201