Friday, December 3, 2010

Cape Whale Coast Wines Receive 5 Star Status


We would like to congratulate Newton Johnson and Hermanuspietersfontein on receiving 5-Star Status in Platter’s Wine Guide 2011:



Pinot Noir • Newton Johnson Domaine 2009
White Blends • Hermanuspietersfontein Die Bartho 2009
Two other wines also created at Newton Johnson also won 5-Stars:
Chardonnay • Julien Schaal 2009 (Julien Schaal, French winemaker)
Merlot • Shannon Mount Bullet 2008 (partnership James Downes)

Bartho Eksteen puts Hermanus(pietersfontein) on the Diner’s Club wine map! Hermanuspietersfontein’s winemaker Bartho Eksteen has been named the 2010 Diners’ Club Winemaker of the Year. Eksteen’s, Die Bartho 2008 blend was awarded a 5-star 2011 Platter rating for the first time, however, it’s the 2009 Hermanuspietersfontein No.5 Sauvignon Blanc that won the Diner’s Club award, the wine produced for the first time exclusively from grapes from their own vineyard. Eksteen was a winemaker at Wildekrans Wines when he won SA Champion Young Wine in 1996.

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