Our Services
Our services encompass all the rare skills not always available, honed from year of experience.
The freshest, low chemical and no-chemical wines technically possible.
Minimum chemical use
We aim to make wine as natural as possible without scarificing quality
Healthy wines
Wines with low alcohol levels, low SO2 and free from carcinogens and histamines are absolute.
100% Organic
Whenever possible we try to push the envelope to make wine as natural as possible,
01.
Problem solving
There are very few people who have the knowledge to help settle court cases with regard to the technical issues of winemaking.
- Identification of wine turbidities and problems
- Arbitration, assessment of insurance claims, etc
- Evaluation of wines for cork taint or related problems
02.
Cellar planning
Cellar planning can be expensive, especially so in the long run. Relying on engineers alone is not always advisable.
- Assessment of cellar facilities, cellar planning
- Independent assessment of equipment and suitability for purpose
03.
Quality Control
Years of knowledge of all the pitfalls of winemaking cannot be tought, and an ounce of prevention can be worth a ton of cure.
- Basic quality control for wines
- Assessment and recommendation for filtration of wines after MLF and before bottling
- Vitae interdum eget
04.
General practices
Years of knowledge of all the pitfalls of winemkaing cannot be tought, and an ounce of prevention can be worth a ton of cure.
- Selection of wines for barrel maturation, blending and wine shows
- Flavour correction, fining recommendations etc.
- Microbiological stability
05.
Speciality services
Years of knowledge of all the pitfalls of winemkaing cannot be tought, and an ounce of prevention can be worth a ton of cure.
- Comparative tasting of wines to set up price and style categories
- Selection of vineyard blocks for quality wine production
- Witblits, mampoer and brandy production
- Specialized courses in winemaking, mampoer etc.
- Guidance for new wine styles, in house experiments etc.