The Wine Centric Show

Matt Weiss

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The Wine Centric Show

Episodes (58)

Saturday De Toren: South Africa's First Five-Grape Blend | Stellenbosch Wine | South Africa Series Part 3 of 5
Thursday Taaibosch: The Stellenbosch Estate That Makes Only One Wine | South Africa Series Part 2 of 5
Wed Oct 14th Jacques Viljoen & Greg Guy: Boschendal, South Africa's 340-Year-Old Wine Farm | South Africa Series Part 1 of 5

The Wine Centric Show

Oct 17, 2026
23½ minutes
22 MB

Before every blend, De Toren's cellar master writes three or four words on a sticky note. The final wine has to taste like them. Recorded in the vineyards of De Toren in the Polkadraai Hills of Stellenbosch, managing director Albie Koch and cellar master Charles Williams tell the story of South Africa's first five-grape Bordeaux blend. Albie made his first vintage in 1999, at 22, and explains how they tracked down Petit Verdot and Malbec when almost no one in Stellenbosch grew them. Charles explains why the vineyard comes before the cellar, what working in Napa taught him about...

The Wine Centric Show

De Toren: South Africa's First Five-Grape Blend | Stellenbosch Wine | South Africa Series Part 3 of 5

Matt Weiss

00:00 -23:26