Petite but feisty, with an incredible will backed by a good measure of brain power, 31-year-old Elmarie Botes is the newest member of the Nederburg winemaking team. Responsible for its white wines, she is currently completing her first harvest for this famous Paarl winery, one of South Africa’s most pedigreed.  

Nederburg has done it again!  The Paarl winery again features in the esteemed ‘World’s Most Admired Wine Brands’ top 50 list by Drinks International, a UK-based publication, for a third consecutive year. And in 41st position, Nederburg is the highest placed of the three South African wineries featured on this year’s list.

A beautiful Cape Winelands harvest story unfolded when Nederburg recently hosted the grand prize winners of a harvest experience promotion by the Paarl winery, offered nationally over the past festive period. 

Take a journey to Nederburg this summer for a breathtaking blend of the traditional and the contemporary, just like its wines.  Set against the imposing Drakenstein Mountains near Paarl, the winery commands magnificent views and lets you imagine how it was in the beginning when founder, Philippus Wolvaart, arrived in 1791. His fine manor house, built in 1800, overlooks generous lawns and gardens, filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers and shrubs.

Paarl in the Western Cape came alive with the spirit of hope and opportunity at a recent distribution of 175 bicycles by non-profit organisation Qhubeka in collaboration with Nederburg and Team Dimension Data, Africa’s only pro-cycling World Tour team.

Take a beautiful, bright summer journey with Nederburg this festive season.

Undertake a once-in-a-lifetime luxury harvest journey with Nederburg in Paarl, South Africa’s most pedigreed name in wine.

The 2013 vintage of Nederburg II Centuries Cabernet Sauvignon has been awarded the coveted Warren Winiarski Trophy for the best Cabernet Sauvignon at the 2017 International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC), judged alongside equivalents from various wine producing countries.

Nederburg’s II Centuries Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 has been selected as the prestigious ‘Red Wine of the Year’ in the 2018 edition (the 38th issue) of the Platter’s By Diners Club South African Wine Guide, considered the most authoritative guide to South African wine.

Feroska Sitter (top image), 35, from Chicago in Paarl, lights up when she remembers riding her first bicycle as a child. It was a blue BMX, a hand-me-down from her brother. But her childhood was short-lived. At 16, teenage pregnancy made her grow up too soon, and her life has been challenging since.