Stellenbosch

An exhausted David Finlayson talks to us at the tail-end of the 2010 harvest and comments on how difficult it has been. Heat, rain, wind, the harvest had it all and pressed winemakers in the Stellenbosch region to their limits…

Dave Hutton takes us around the farm and catches up with Randolph, Nico, Simon, and the team as they work around the clock in the late summer heat in order to get the grapes safely into the cellar….

With the first load of grapes of the season coming into the cellar, winemaker Gary Jorday takes us through the process of getting them into the tanks…

07h30: Gary Jordan takes us to one the most scenic vineyards at Jordan as his father Ted brings in the sauvignon blanc with the machine harvester.

Gary Jordan takes us through some of the tasks needed to be completed prior to the start of the harvest.

Owner / Winemaker David Finlayson talks to us during the 2010 harvest as he and his team are bringing in the Semillion grapes, to be used in their Sauvignon Blanc. At Edgebaston David is able to get back to handcrafted winemaking, which reflects the three generation history of his family making wines in the Cape…