Happy New Year, Vondelingers

I hope you had a great festive season and got some juicy Christmas presents. We are now preparing for harvest and the grapes are looking reasonable. We will probably pick Chardonnay for the Rurale, our sparkling Methode Ancestral, next week. Already this January we have bottled 2018 Chardonnay and we will be bottling 2017 Bowwood and 2017 Philosophie on January 30th. So its all systems go.

This summer make every meal an occasion, every table more elegant and every day more civilized with a “delectable duo” from Vondeling Wines in the Voor-Paardeberg. This duo consists of a unique sparkling wine, the Vondeling Rurale Blanc de Noir 2015, and the very sexy Vondeling Rosé 2018.

Vondeling’s Rurale Blanc de Noir 2015 is made from whole-bunch pressed, organic (uncertified) pinotage grapes. The name Rurale is the original name for what was later recognized by the French A.O.C as Mèthode Ancestrale.