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21 September 2018 | BY Anja Bekker

In South Africa, the month of September is synonymous with Spring and everything this season symbolises, including new beginnings… And speaking of which, we are delighted to officially announce the brand new and striking new packaging of our famed De Toren Délicate! This superb red blend is still the exact same wine you have always […]

Innovation & Sustainability

21 September 2018 | BY Charles Williams

“We have not inherited the earth from our fathers. We have borrowed it from our children.”-Lester R. Brown, American Environmental Analyst- Most recently, I came across this very striking quote which resonated quite strongly with me. To be honest, I could not have phrased it any better myself. One does not have to be a […]

Innovation & Sustainability

13 June 2018 | BY Charles Williams

Monday, 9 April marks the official closing of the 2018 harvest here at De Toren Private Cellar. This season was once again a marvellous opportunity to observe how complex Mother Nature is in all her workings. In many senses the vintage challenged our understanding of how multifaceted the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum is. Especially when it came […]

Innovation & Sustainability

12 March 2018 | BY Charles Williams

With recent years’ exceptional vintages behind us, we prepared ourselves for an interesting 2018 vintage. During the course of this season, I was so thankful for the way we do and have been doing things here at De Toren. Always thinking ahead, planning the necessary strategy to its finest detail and most importantly, working with […]