Our season basically starts with pruning strategies in winter, not long after which spring will burst out in all its lush green vigour, a time which makes a farmer’s heart beat higher as the new vintage starts kicking off. At this time of the year the first sprays need to be applied to protect the [...]
The results of the 15th annual Michelangelo CCL Label International Wine Awards (MIWA) were announced at a gala luncheon at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West on September 9, 2011.
Essentialism & logical positivism don’t have much of a space in biodynamics; although they have proven biodynamics’ superiority. Biodynamics’ anthroposophy is related to existentialism and Goethean science with a very strong phenomenological approach, meaning observing the complexities without reducing it to a few essentials. Essentialism frames a subject quicker and more easily understandable…
Wedderwill welcomes Daisy, Mathilda, Fleckie, Bubbles, Hurricane, Rainbow, Sunshine and baby Cloud 9. The helpful cows that assist us with our unique biodynamic approach.
What truly makes Wedderwill unique in the world, is that we have taken Rudolph Steiner’s anthroposophy approach a step further. Our revolutionary Biodynamic preparations are the result, combining ocean water, unpasteurised cow’s milk, specially filtered zeolite dust (a dolomitic type of rock), and fermented plant extracts made from beefwood, seaweed and other herbal plants such [...]
Watch big screen World Cup rugby and experience the elements and Spring with a glass or two of Wedderwill – wines shaped by ‘the will of the weather’, while bird-watching and taking photographs.
Take leisurely walks through the vineyards, game park, fynbos and mountain trails while enjoying the scenery, flora and fauna. Photographic opportunities aplenty.
True to their ongoing quest of ‘working with nature’, Wedderwill, together with the Stellenbosch University, is performing the only trial project in South Africa aimed at extracting Resvaterol. The same phenolic component which is found in red wines which doctors say is good for your heart. Resvaterol has strong anti-fungal properties and could potentially be [...]
The aging of our cool climate Sauvignon Blanc brings out characters which are yet to develop in younger vintages. Proof that patience is a virtue. The youthful, fresh stinging nettle, Cape gooseberry and mineral characters of the un-aged Sauvignon Blanc take on a delicious creamy smooth, litchi, Noble late character when left to age for [...]
Harvest time is exciting time. Its where the buck starts and stops. Beyond the role nature has already played, there are a few measures we at Wedderwill take to ensure our harvest is of the highest quality. Its in the last six weeks leading up to harvest where we apply these measures, or tools. Tool [...]
The owners of the Wedderwill Game Reserve are part of the quest of bringing back the Quagga. The quest to bring back the quagga began in 1969, when a German national named Reinhold Rau joined the South African Museum in Cape Town.
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