A question often left out of discussion, but one of the most important phases in a vineyards annual cycle. So, what does happen in the viney...

That's it. Done. Finished! The last load of grapes for 2011, Petit Verdot. Came in brilliantly. Healthy grapes, good pH and acid. Now th...

I started making compost in 2009. I use all the grape skins, pips and stems. So basically I recycle the waste product of the wine making pro...

Things are starting to slow down now. We are nearing the end of the 2011 harvest. It was a difficult harvest. Very dry and very hot. But the...

Saturday 26 February marked the 3rd annual Darling Cellars Crush Day. The weather was perfect. For the staff the day started at 06:00, for t...

As promised, a few paragraphs from our white wine maker, Welma Visser, about this year's harvest up till now. "Most of our whites...

I asked our redwine maker, Carel Hugo, to give me a short description of how he feels about the harvest up to now. Here is what he had to sa...