Category Archives: Garagistes
After completing the garagiste winemaking course at the University of Stellenbosch earlier this year, Michelle Coetzee took the plunge and made her first batch of wine. By all accounts it was a great success – and hopefully the first of … Continue reading
1. What exactly is a garagiste wine maker? No winery? No problem! A garagiste wine maker is someone who wants to make wine for the sake of making wine. Garagiste wine makers get their kicks from spending long nights of … Continue reading
Edo Heyns is the charming wine writer from Wineland and Fynproe. There is more to him than meets the eye – he has studied viticulture and oenology, and also practises what he preaches with his nocturnal garagiste wine making activities. … Continue reading
This is a new Wines Online series looking at South African garagiste wine makers – those amateur wine makers doing amazing things with grapes and pushing the envelop outside of a commercial winemaking operation. In a later article I’ll look … Continue reading
