About The Winelands welcomes Marinda Blake, of the Blake Family Wines, situated in the Swartland region of South Africa. Owners Andries and Marinda Blake have a commitment to quality and are passionate about crafting exceptional wines, nurturing their wines and creating gems.
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About Blake Family Wines
Blake Family Wines focus on top quality, family produced boutique wine from the sought after Swartland region. Andries knows the terroir very well, as he has been a wine maker in the Swartland area since 1995. This enables him to source top quality grapes from selected vineyards from the heart of the Swartland. The terroir has proven to be ideal for the cultivation of bush vine vineyards and for crafting exceptional wines.
Naming their two flagship blends after semi-precious stones – Tourmaline and Amethyst, shows commitment to quality and passion in crafting exceptional wines, nurturing them like gems. Winemaker, Andries Blake is an acclaimed, seasoned winemaker with more than three decades of vintages under his belt.
Blends is an art form where a wine maker can showcase flair and skill. Blended wines give you a much more complex wine as one can use the best qualities of different cultivars to create a superb wine’ says Andries.
Marinda Blake, who manages marketing and logistics, has an extensive experience in the wine industry having spent her whole working career in various positions in the wine industry, namely Graham Beck Wines, De Wetshof Wine Estate, Bovlei Winery and Swartland Wine Route.
Wine is a lifestyle and the husband and wife duo embrace this type of lifestyle. They are passionate about producing quality products bearing their name. They have all the building blocks – the experience, knowing the terroir extremely well, passion and the drive to create gems. They feel strong about building good long-term relationships with their customers and providing them with a product of excellent quality.
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