Aaldering Magazine | Edition 4
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NO.4 Winery & Branches Aaldering Vineyards & Wines – Luxury Lodges Devon Valley Road 7600 Stellenbosch South Africa THE SOUTH AFRICAN DREAM [email protected] +27 (0) 21 865 2495 Winemaker P.J. Geyer [email protected] +27 (0) 79 526 8026 International Sales Gert-Jan Posthuma [email protected] +27 (0) 64 601 6650 Europe Madri Gerber Brand ambassador [email protected] +31 (0) 615 588 408 Asia, China Johnna Zeng [email protected] +86 (0) 136 0097 1643 Aaldering Luxury Lodges Jacqueline Aaldering [email protected] +27 (0) 64 601 7983 Harvest report 2018 • The winemaker’s philosophy • The secret of Aaldering’s success • A tribute to Nelson Mandela • Fine dining • Aaldering’s Luxury Lodges galore • Destination Robben Island • www.aaldering.co.za Spotlight on Aaldering’s Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot 001-001_Aaldering_cover.indd 1 23-08-18 14:17 - 2 - AALDERING VINEYARDS & WINES - LUXURY LODGES - 3 - Table of content Aaldering Vineyards & Wines XXXX – Luxury Lodges Meet the team 6 6 Welcome to South Africa 9 Aaldering Luxury Lodges 10 Tales of the Aaldering terroir 16 Spotlight on the Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot 20 Harvest report 2018 22 Happy Aaldering news 26 Lodges Galore 30 Big, bigger, biggest… 64 Aaldering tasting notes 66 Aaldering Customer Experiences Steffanie’s Place – Aaldering’s choice 34 Vinos Yamazaki – an exceptional wine company 48 The magic of Château Neercanne 54 Aaldering Face to Face Winemaker P.J. Geyer – South African with a touch of French 12 2018 – an inspired year 44 54 Aaldering Travel Tips Oh, what a wonderful world 36 Destination Robben Island 58 History of South Africa A tribute to Nelson Mandela 50 Typically South Africa Ubuntu – Nelson Mandela’s gift to the world 53 © 2018 Aaldering Vineyards and Wines – Luxury Lodges For any information on our wines or lodges: please contact us at [email protected] Coördination: Paul Rijpkema Art direction and design: colorscan BV, colorscan.nl Print: CTP Printers Cape Town Content: MW media, Marjolein Westerterp Translation into English: Jet van den Toorn Proofreading: Marie Louise Schoondergang Photographs: Peter Boshuijzen, Riehan Bakkes, Marc 50 Hoberman, www.shutterstock.com, Etiënne van Sloun - 4 - 58 36 34 12 - 5 - Meet the team Six diff erent cultures, one company that brings Aaldering wines and luxury lodges to your home and your heart. Team Aaldering is at your service on three continents. We proudly present to you our team members from (South) Africa, Europe and Asia. Marianne Aaldering Fons Aaldering Co-founder and Co-founder and owner owner Based in the Netherlands I am very proud of the Aaldering Based in the Netherlands wines and luxury lodges because: “the My favourite Aaldering wine youngsters” are slowly taking over from is our Sauvignon Blanc and us, and they have the same quality-driven of course Lady M mentality to reach the same goals When I am not busy with My favourite Aaldering wine: what can I say Aaldering I like to play golf but Lady M Why should the whole world When I am not busy with Aaldering I like drink Aaldering wines? The to spend quality time with Marianne and whole world is impossible, good friends as I forgot this many times we only produce 140,000 in my life bottles a year. So there My biggest ambition for Aaldering is to would be a shortage and have Gold medals for all our varieties nothing left for us to enjoy My message to people that buy Aaldering wines: Great choice, you have good taste P.J. Geyer Winemaker and viticulturist Based in South Africa Vintage: 1976 Wine to me means: It’s art in a bottle, it’s creative. It’s serious. It’s everything When I am not busy with wine I am a family man I am reaching for the stars at Aaldering by producing top quality wines from top quality grapes Jacqueline Aaldering Gert-Jan Posthuma Hospitality & Finance International Sales and manager Marketing manager Based in South Africa Based in South Africa Vintage: 1975 Vintage: 1972 My favourite Aaldering wine is the My favourite Aaldering wine used to be Sauvignon Blanc. Yes, and for the the Pinotage, but I am now blown away sake of my mum: Lady M by our Shiraz The Aaldering luxury lodges are my My job means excitement, there is everything never a dull moment at Aaldering. I am I am reaching for the stars at starting to forget what it means to be Aaldering by making guests feel at bored home. I enjoy all the ten ratings that I am reaching for the stars at Aaldering we are collecting by continuously focusing on quality and marketing control - 6 - AALDERING VINEYARDS & WINES – LUXURY LODGES Watson Suman Farm worker Based in South Africa Vintage: 1988 I like my job because I am involved in all the processes on this incredible wine farm When I am not working I like to be with my girlfriend, she’s worth every spare minute of my time… Aaldering Vineyards & Wines to me means: financial security Johnna Zeng Sales manager Asia Based in Xiamen, China Vintage: 1986 Asia should drink Aaldering wines because you will find a beautiful and elegant Aaldering wine pairing with Asian cuisines When I am not working I like to relax by doing some painting, listening to music and meeting up with friends for a nice dinner with nice wines… Oh, I also like jogging along the seaside My favourite Aaldering wine is Pinotage Blanc Marilyn September Madri Gerber Housekeeping Brand Ambassador Based in South Africa Europe Vintage: 1967 My job makes me happy when my Based in the Netherlands guests are happy Vintage: non-vintage (like Aaldering Luxury Lodges to me means Champagne… I am the being part of a wonderful team at an bubble). I am as young as I international company. Sometimes they feel on any particular day do surprise me, but I love all of them Aaldering, this is why I love it: When I am not working I like to spend It is a great privilege to work time with my family for and with Aaldering as the company always strives to excel. This gives me and others the opportunity to better ourselves and rise to new challenges. We want to excel in our wines and no eff ort is too challenging for us as Respect Njombo a team: from the vineyards, Security guard to the grapes, to the cellar, to the barrel, to the tasting Based in South Africa and the bottling, we strive to Vintage: 1988 make the best wines from our I like my job because it’s healthy to terroir. All of these elements work outside. You should see my are a true reflection of the appetite after a night out there owners, Marianne and Fons My favourite guard dog is: Max Aaldering, and the example When I am not working I like to spend they set. Gert-Jan Posthuma time with my young child. Being a and Jacqueline Aaldering father means everything to me have been in charge at the Aaldering to me means: happiness, winery for the past year and what else a half and they follow in their footsteps - 7 - John Steyn Tractor driver Based in South Africa Vintage: 1976 I like my job because I can develop myself on the Aaldering farm, together with a great team When I am not working I watch sports or read books. When a game is boring I do both Lunga Soldaat Lodge and Tasting Room assistant Marlvin Sosa Based in South Africa Farm worker Vintage: 1991 I like my job because every day is Based in South Africa a diff erent day with international Vintage: 1989 guests in the lodges and tasting I like my job because I have an all- room. It always makes me proud round job on this beautiful farm when they are so happy with the When I am not working I like to do wines. I am too nice things together with my wife. When I am not working I like to Uhm, shopping, meeting friends or… watch TV, mainly series Calitha Manhango Security guard Based in South Africa Vintage: 1984 My favourite guard dog is: Lexi When I am not working I like to listen to music, African music I like my job because Aaldering is a very pleasant workplace. Come and see for yourself Aaldering to me means: happiness to be part of the Aaldering family Mano Vogen Winemaker assistant Based in South Africa Vintage: 1991 I like my job because I love making wine. And we at Aaldering are making the best wines When I am not working I like to spend time with friends - 8 - Dear reader, t is again a great pleasure to announced and trust in the authorities is buying our neighbour’s land, by additional write the foreword for the new slowly coming back. It goes without saying planting, by building an infinity pool near the edition of our magazine. Aaldering that this will not happen overnight, but things lodges. And we have another special plan in Vineyards & Wines – Luxury Lodges will get better, that is for sure. South Africa is the pipeline to introduce Devon Valley as a is always looking to the future. It is doing well, really well! luxury holiday destination: we intend to add a work in progress, according to the to the three existing luxury lodges with nine three-person management team. Or ra- Another wonderful piece of news is that we new ones. Unfortunately it takes forever to ther... there is never a dull moment. This time have again been awarded a number of Gold get planning permission .