Craft Gin has been a massive hit with South African (and international) consumers in the past few years, with thousands of distilleries popping up and new brands and flavours launched almost weekly. This resurgence in spirits is a great opportunity for producers of aged variants like pot still brandy and whisky to showcase their quality and craft in a booming market. 

Boplaas has always been conservation-minded. Now we’ve stepped up our drive and pledged to establish one million plants of the Portulacaria afra succulent variety – commonly known as the spekboom – before 2025.

Top image: Carel and Jeanne Nel from Boplaas.

Boplaas Family Vineyards has received the coveted title of Port Wine of the Year in the latest edition of the Platter’s South African Wine Guide. The winery was also awarded its 19^th five-star rating from the highly regarded publication, printed since 1980.

Top image: Daniel & Rosanne Nel

Boplaas Family Vineyards has been named the best South Africa producer at the 2019 Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards, announced on the weekend. Now the largest competition of its kind in Africa, this year’s awards attracted over 2 000 entries.

Top image: Mike Neebe, Margaux Nel & William Coetzee

Boplaas Family Vineyards in Calitzdorp has triumphed at the 2019 Cape Port & Wine Challenge with no less than five inclusions among the Top 10 table wines, two in the Top 10 ports and one in the Top 2 Museum class Port.

Wines from Boplaas Family Vineyards have again received top ratings by acclaimed UK Master of Wine Tim Atkin, including four achieving more than 90/100 in his latest special annual report on South African wine. The champion wine and port producer’s highest scorer was the Cape Vintage Reserve 2017, one of only 160 wines to receive 95 points or more.

A tradition from the world’s home of Port has come to the Klein Karoo town of Calitzdorp. South African port-making champion Boplaas has installed a series of custom ceramic tiles that are synonymous with Portuguese tradition.

Boplaas Family Vineyards has once again proven to be worthy of its reputation as producer of top quality still and port-style wines, having achieved top ratings from independent panels at the Wine Magazine Signature Red Blend Report and Novare SA Terroir Wine Awards.

The links of top Klein Karoo winery and distiller Boplaas Family Vineyards to one of South Africa’s original and arguably most prestigious wineries was highlighted at a show of new releases held in Constantia last week.