All Smiles at the Villion Family Wines with these exceptional ratings received from UK Wine Master, Tim Atkin. 91 points – Villion Pinot Noir 2020 92 points – Villion Chardonnay 2020 92 points – Villion Blanc de l Atlantique 2018 93 points – Villion Syrah 2019 95 points – Villion Henning Chenin Blanc 2020
Meet the team behind our Heritage Villion Henning Chenin Blanc 2020. Top Wine at the Novare SA Terrior 2021 Awards. Hendriko Smith, Haven Smith, Zaack Matthee, Westley Arends. Winemakers Kobie Viljoen and Lawrie Moore.
After some glorious winter rainfall on Gabrielskloof, sinking into the soil profiles to quench the thirsty deeper roots. We’re through the sensitive flowering cycle for most of the white cultivars, but the reds are lagging due to this cool period. Some pressure to get through the last few blocks for suckering, and to keep a […]
BOT RIVER WINES WENT ROAD TRIPPIN’ The Bot River Wineries embarked on an epic adventure and the wonderfully eclectic bunch of winemakers dusted off their gumboots in exchange for their city savvy attire. Hitting the road for a trip to Johannesburg, Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Maseru (Lesotho) to promote the beautiful Bot River Wine Route was […]
What an exciting time of the year all flushed, bright and green. Training and shaping young vines to form the backbone and arms to bear fruit for the future, now that we have had some meaningful rain these young vines will grow at a rapid rate and hopefully fill the cordon wire by the end […]
Following the driest August in our 45yr history, we received this beautiful deep wetting rain over the last weekend. Very happy farmer now. Young plantings of Chenin, Pinotage, Grenache and Mourvedre are especially loving it. This will carry the vines a long way trough the season. Looking forward to harvest 2020!
We are proud to announce that Villion’s Chenin Blanc scored a whopping 94 points in the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show. Their Chenin was one of only two gold medals that were awarded. Also truly proud for it to be ranked under the Top Ten white wines of the show! With an interview with the […]
Sometimes you need little angels to show you the way. And if you are lucky enough you’ll recognise them. There was this person sitting next to me at my brother-in-law’s birthday party seven or eight years ago. I told her that we ha some grapes and we hoped to make some half decent wine from […]
Villion Family creates work for the community ….. they started the Pink Lady team, where casual workers from Bot River are given the opportunity to earn an extra income. They help with cellar activities, like bottling, labelling, waxing and packaging. Cornelia, is their team leader, she is well known and respected in the Bot River […]
Villion Family serves a Kevin Anderson Ace with their new release of Villion Cabernet Sauvignon 2015, true Botrivierean in style. Our wine, which is our first release, got the thumbs up by the credited panel for being a current Top SA Cabernet Sauvignon, scoring a smashing 92 points with Christian Eedes, Roland Peens and James […]
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