Early harvest predictions 2022
We all are awaiting for the harvest 22 to start. Just to start the year, we are already 2 weeks later than the start of…
Cheers to 2022
Didn’t we all say we can’t wait for 2021 after 2020, now we are in 2022. Happy New Year to you all, may 2022 be…
Greyton Wine Weekend
Bizoe Wines participated in the inaugural Greyton Wine Weekend. Wineries stationed in different venues across Greyton. Wine sippers walking around the beautiful town sipping away…
The Wern show at Nina’s Cafe George
The Wern aka Wernhard van der Watt of Nina’s Cafe, that I consider a very good friend of myself and Bizoe Wines is operating amazing…
Bizoe Henriëtta in the points again
Bizoe Henriëtta making us proud again. Amazing how quick the year has gone. Now it’s all about vineyards and getting the cellar ready for the…
Bottling Season at Bizoe Wines
Let’s call it bottling season at Bizoe Wines. This time of the year all the winemakers are planning their bottling schedules. Getting the wine in…
Garden Route is getting hustled by The Grape Hustle
Who doesn’t like to go to the Garden Route of South Africa? Twelve winemakers joined us for a week in the Garden Route. What a…
Pretoria to Paris
Excitement is the word for one of the last trips of the year to Gauteng. Brasserie de Paris in Pretoria is doing a dinner focused…
Cling Cling to Ching Ching
Sitting this morning starting to write an update on Bizoe Wines with a fresh exciting outlook of what’s to come. In the background I hear…
Rugby and Red Wines
Thank you to the British and Irish Lions for their tour to South Africa and giving us a reason to smile again. Nothing as “lekker”…
The wheels are turning again
Yes we got some good news, we are back and is allowed to trade again in South Africa. Doing what we love the most, sharing…
Bright side of Life
With all the things happening in South Africa at the moment, I need to find the positive things around me at the moment. The 7th…
Fire and Wine
As winter sets into the Western Cape, cold and rain arrives. Fireplace burning, Wimbledon on the television and a glass of red in the hand. …
Thanks you “Pappa”
January 2001 is clearly still on my mind when my parents driven me down to Stellenbosch to start my first year at The University of Stellenbosch.…
Nieu-Bethesda to Graaff-Reinet
Once a year the whole industry heads down the N1 towards Graaff-Reinet for the yearly Stoeptasting. Off we set to join the fun in the Karoo.…
Let’s hit the road Jack (Part 2)
Adventure down the Garden Route! Following up from my last post about my time in Gauteng, next stop Garden Route with Jo and Nick Lowe…
Let’s hit the road Jack
Let’s hit the road Jack …. (Part 1) One morning driving my kids to school on our local radio station in the Western Cape, KFM…
Bizoe Genant
On Monday 29th of March we completed harvest 2021 with our Bizoe Idioglossia Chardonnay grapes arriving from Elgin approx. 2 weeks after we completed Stellenbosch…
Handcrafted Wines by Rikus Neethling
Handcrafted Wines What does the term handcrafted wine mean for a winemaker? Surely each berry wasn’t de-stemmend and crushed by hand? In my view, it…
Hitting the Red Zone
Hitting the Red Zone! As they say, into the final stretch we go. Most of the white grapes are in the cellar, just waiting for…
