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Nederberg Wines honours wine farm history

To commemorate the 225-year-old legacy of the winery's founder, Phillipus Wolvaart; Nederburg Wines held a special vine planting event earlier this month. Guided by Nederburg's viticulturist, Bennie Liebenberg and farm manager, Bertie Faure, guests braved the intense Paarl summer heat and got their hands dirty and helped plant the cultivar, Chambourcin, on a block that's been resting for three years to improve the decomposed granite soil. Read more here.


Bertie Faure, Nederburg’s farm manager, who retires at the end of 2016
Nederburg viticulturist, Bennie Liebenberg
Bertie Faure, Nederburg farm manager; Bennie Liebenberg, Nederburg viticulturist; and Pattre Franken who will take over from Faure as farm manager in early January 2017
Lauren Josephs of Eat Out helps plant Chambourcin
A guest assists in planting Chambourcin
Lynette Lambrechts, Nederburg’s global marketing manager, also helped to plant new vines at Nederburg
Previous Nederburg cellar-master, Razvan Macici, planting Chambourcin at Nederburg
Nederburg farm workers planting Chambourcin at Nederburg
From left to right: Susanna Claasen, Jeremia Pietersen, Koos Koromse, Andries Albertus, John Houghart, Jacobus Koromse, Lynden Snyman, Jacobus Prins, Catherene Februarie, Rosalien Conradie and Neville Simons.
From left to right: Zelda Claasen, Nederburg assistant farm manager; Bertie Faure, Nederburg farm manager; Bennie Liebenberg, Nederburg viticulturist; Andrea Freeborough, Nederburg cellar-master; and Razvan Macici, previous Nederburg cellar-master (now Distell’s head winemaker)
After planting Chambourcin at Nederburg
The red wine cellar was the venue for the tasting of Nederburg’s four wines awarded five-star ratings in the 2017 edition of Platter’s By Diners Club South African Wine Guide, as well as older vintages of the same selection of wines
Guests tasting Nederburg’s four wines awarded five-star ratings in the 2017 edition of Platter’s By Diners Club South African Wine Guide, as well as older vintages of the same selection of wines
Nederburg The Brew Master 2014 and 2011, as well as Nederburg Private Bin R163 Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 and 2005, were included in the tasting line-up
Razvan Macici, Nederburg’s previous cellar-master (now chief winemaker for Distell), leads a tasting of Nederburg Heritage Heroes The Motorcycle Marvel Rh?ne-style blend 2014 during lunch at The Red Table restaurant
The main course was venison denningvleis parcels wrapped in spinach, red wine jus and Sondagmiddagete-groente, paired with Nederburg Heritage Heroes The Motorcycle Marvel 2014
Guests enjoying a laid-back lunch at The Red Table
Nederburg cellar-master, Andrea Freeborough, presents the 2016 vintage of Nederburg Heritage Heroes The Beautiful Lady, during lunch at The Red Table.
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