Reyneke

In 1988, the Reyneke family bought the farm Uitzicht, a 35 ha farm on the ridge of the Polkadraai Hills, with spectacular views of Stellenbosch.  Contemporaneously, Johan Reyneke began the lengthy process of the conversion from conventional farming to organic practices to a method of farming which was in accordance with biodynamic principles.  On January 1, 2007, Reyneke wines was certified by Debio (Norway) and IFOAM (Europe). Reyneke was the...

THE REYNEKE VINEYARDS are herbicide, pesticide and fungicide free. Just like any organic vineyard should be. Instead of spraying weeds with poison, we carefully select and grow companion plants amongst our vines to outcompete the weeds. These companion plants have the ability to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere, help break up compacted soil or even harbour a beneficial insect or two.

While all sorts of poisons are usually used to comba...

THE DREAM OF ANY SERIOUS WINEMAKER is to find a place of perfect position, where the soil composition is special and the climate just right. The idea is then to express these characteristics in the grapes and so produce a wine that uniquely reflects the site. No artificial additives in the farming process is a practice that continues in the cellar. We follow a non-intervention approach to make the wine, rather guiding the winemaking process in...