Our chief winemaker, Richard Rowe and viticulturist Unathi share their thoughts on the South African wine cultivar, Pinotage.

We recently visited the KWV Wines team and chatted to the wine team about the harvest to date, I have attached our video footage below for your enjoyment.

The harvest at KWV Wines started last week, so we nipped across to Paarl to catch some of the action. Along the way, we found KWV’s Viticulturist Unathi who shared some insights on the 2010 harvest.

Chief winemaker at KWV Richard Rowe, gives us a sneak preview (and taste) of the 2009 The Mentors new vintages. This is what he had to say:

We had a word with our viticulturists, Cobus and Unathi as well as Chief Winemaker, Richard Rowe about climate change and its effect on South African wines. This is what they had to say: