Known as one of the largest arts festivals within the South African space, the Aardklop National Arts Festival held annually in Potchefstroom celebrates the cultural heritage and spirit of primarily Afrikaans theatre, dance, music, cabaret and the visual arts. The 2017 festival will run from the 2nd until the 8th...
Backsberg Estate Cellars’ maiden-release Pinotage Rosé won a Double Gold medal at the 2017 Rosé Rocks Competition. This is South Africa’s only wine competition exclusively committed to rosé wines. Some 161 still and sparkling wines were entered into this year’s competition, with only nine Double Golds awarded to still wines...
The ninth Backsberg Vino Varsity inter-university wine challenge saw Stellenbosch take the laurels due to their near-perfect execution of the basics. Superior wine knowledge and breath-taking tasting skills had the Stellenbosch Wine Culture Society beat the UCT Wine Society into second place, while University of Pretoria struggled to keep up...
In celebration of Women’s Day on Wednesday, 9 August 2017, all female patrons will be offered a complimentary wine tasting from our fabulous Tasting Room. Ladies may choose between five unique wines from our extensive selection. That's not all. There will also be some incredible promotional offers available to patrons visiting...
Author: Jen Miller Source: Jen Reviews Wine In times of celebration, a wine toast may be just one of the most awaited part by many. Popping open the cork while the velvety oaked aroma fills the air and flowing effervescent liquid comes out from the bottle gives excitement to everyone. Bubbly is usually...
The release of Backsberg Estate Cellars’ Chenin Blanc 2017 underscores the excellence of this year’s South African vintage, as well as the exceptional quality of Chenin Blanc grapes grown in various regions of the Cape Winelands. According to Backsberg CEO Simon Back, Chenin Blanc remains one of Backsberg’s most popular...
The growing demand for dry rosé from its established customer base has led to the launch of Backsberg Estate Cellars’ maiden Pinotage Rosé. Made from the superb 2017 vintage, the Backsberg Pinotage Rosé 2017 is produced from grapes grown on the Backsberg Estate on the Paarl side of the Simonsberg,...
Backsberg produces a Premium Range, a Black Label Range, an eco-friendly range, Tread Lightly by Backsberg, and a range of fortified wines but what few people know is that we are also a producer of some noteworthy kosher wines. According to Rabbi Tzvi Rosen, editor of the quarterly journal Kashrus Kurrents,...
Attending this year’s Backsberg Postgraduate Vino Varsity Challenge between the MBA students from UCT and Stellenbosch could have one thinking of the 1980s pop music band China Crisis. Both teams were tasked with solving the South African wine industry’s challenge of getting shelf-space, throat-approval and face-time in premium wine markets....
Showing my age I’ll admit that when first meeting the John Martin Sauvignon Blanc from Backsberg Estate Cellars I assumed the wine was named after the iconic South African yachtsman. This John Martin was to round-the-world sailing what Cristiano Ronaldo is to football, and if ever a sailor needed a...
At Backsberg we have an extensive range of kosher wines available for purchase, from our stellar Kosher Brut MCC to our popular Kiddush Sweet Red. Therefore, we thought it was about time we created our very own kosher-friendly pairing to complement these unique wines. We joined forces with renowned Sally...
We are pleased to announce that the 2014 vintage of our celebrated Pumphouse Shiraz has just been released. As part of Backsberg's Black Label Range, only grapes from our top performing vineyards are used to produce this stunning red. The wines within this range are named after a particular place...
Short, sharp and very good. This was harvest 2017 at Backsberg Estate Cellars where scarcely two months after the first grapes were picked this frenetically busy season for the winery came to an end in the first few days of March. For Alicia Rechner, Backsberg’s wine maker, the evidence of...
For the very first time Backsberg will be heading to the world’s largest and most influential international wine and spirits trade fair, ProWein. Every year the global wine world gets together for three days in Dusseldorf, Germany, to sell and promote their wares. This year the fair will be held between...
This year Backsberg Estate Cellars teamed up with Good Housekeeping SA to bring you four top-class musical acts at our annual Picnic Concert Series. Last, but not least, is Taxi Violence. They will be performing at Backsberg Estate Cellars on Sunday, 19 March with a lively acoustic set for the fourth...
Well-known Cape Town entertainment writer Bianca Coleman took a trip to Backsberg Estate Cellars in Paarl to check out the vibes at this popular wine farm’s Picnic Concert Series. And finds wine tourism to be rocking. OVER the past few years, wine tourism has become a significant sector of the market...
Backsberg Estate Cellars has once again been appointed as the official wine supplier to the public hospitality areas at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival, one of the world’s leading jazz events, which will be held on 31 March and 1 April this year. Backsberg will supply a select range...
We would like to introduce you to our new Tasting Room Manager, Medwin Pietersen. We sat down with him and chatted about his life, career, future aspirations, and, of course, wine. Q: What enticed you to want to work in the wine industry? A: When I first began my career in...
Backsberg is first-and-foremost a wine producer but it also creates some brilliant brandies. Throughout his career on Backsberg, the late Sydney Back had the vision to produce an estate brandy. But it was only when South Africa’s liquor laws were amended to permit the making of brandy on wine estates...
Our Premium Range Merlot 2015 has just been released! The grapes underwent a long skin fermentation with lots of aeration, followed by a lengthy maturation of 12 – 18 months in French oak. This wine’s aging potential is 10 years and it has a mid-palate of sweet raspberry and red...