Resumé of the life of an independent wine maker in 2021!

News from our visit to Noble Hill Winery South Africa

#southafricanwines #southafrica #pinkontpatio #peterfalkewinery Whilst it's always fantastic to enjoy a refreshing glass of Peter Falke...

#southafricanwines #southafrica #pinkontpatio On 23rd March 2020, we left Cape Town with great haste and we were very unsure of what was...

#southafricanwines #southafricanvinyards Altydgedacht Winery is a new vineyard to us here at CDV. We started stocking their...

Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards 2021 is the 24th year, of the widely acclaimed Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits...

#lockdownnewsfromvineyards #southafricanwines Arendsig winery is in Robertson, situated about two hours’ drive from Cape Town in the...

Stony Brook Franschhoek makes amazing wine. Read the blog to see how they are surviving during lockdown

#lockdownnewsfromvineyards #southafricanwines Karen and John Loubster who are the owners at Silverthorn Winery in Robertson, have had...

Peter Falke win a Platignum Award at Decanter World Wide Awards 2021

#lockdownnewsfromvineyards #southafricanwines Lynx wine estate situated on the edge of Franschhoeck is a very popular winery, they...

Lockdown update from a South African Vineyard

We are excited to announce that for our next online tasting we have Guy Webber the wine maker at Hill & Dale Vineyard in Stellenbosch...

More good news from the Cape! South Africa's John Platter - the worldwide famous critic - and the Platters Wine Guide (published every...

We’re very excited to have the results of the Platter’s Guide for 2021 ......

We are now 157 days on from lockdown - new updates from our suppliers have arrived .....

Who would have thought when I started blogging at the end of March that the world would still be in turmoil 150 days later!

Obviously the first few weeks were just terrible not being allowed to sell, export or even bottle wine.

We expect the next harvest will be smaller as sales is down drastically especially on the Sauvignon Blanc and Blanc de Noir wines. The rest

Well what a start of the year !!!