USATT explores the diverse stories and inimitable terroirs of uniWines’ Vineyards and interviews Heinrich VenterThe Vineyards of uniWines in Breedekloof Valley, South Africa, are truly remarkable places to behold. Travelling east out of Cape Town, through the Huguenot Tunnel under the Hawequas Moutains, the beautiful Breedekloof Valley stretches out with the Matroosberg Mountain further still, looming on the horizon. With pastoral country painted in vineyards, country manors intermixed with homestead hamlets and farm land juxtaposed against rough outcrops, the vista is anybody’s idyllic painting of tranquility. The exceptional geography also lends itself to a diverse range of soils and both coastal and continental climates – the perfect conditions to grow brilliant wines.Down in the Valley, there are over 22 wineries busily attending to visitors and producing their delightful wines. The Vineyards of uniWines, comprised of Ankerman, Palesa Wines, Meander, Groot Eiland, and Daschbosch, each have their story to tell and represent their own unique heritage.A little left of centre. Says who exactly? Normal is as normal does in the Breedekloof Valley. In the Breedekloof Valley people take your most peculiar attribute, give you an affectionate nickname and forget your real name. It’s a place where people understand that the earth can give you all the resources you need. Where even time is told by the fall of the Horologekrans shadow. A valley where the mysterious Malkopklip turns in the soil every night, on the stroke of midnight.The Ankerman lifestyle range is a top quality, value for money wine that encapsulates the quirks and eccentricities of life in the valley and gives the drinker some authentic tales to tell.More at http://usatradetasting.com/blog/south-africa-exposed-exploring-the-wines-of-the-breedekloof-valley/
