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Yonder Hill, a boutique winery, nestles up against the Helderberg just off the R44 between Stellenbosch and Somerset West. This 13 hectare farm is owned by the Naude. The farm is known for its soft and easy-drinking style of wines and concentrates on the Red cultivars which the Helderberg region is famous for. Our classic range, Nicola, Merlot, and Inanda enjoys local and international acclaim. We have introduced a value-for-money range consisting of Y-Merlot, Y-Shiraz and Y-Sauvignon Blanc. Both the wine and Olyfberg olive products can comfortably be described as young, frisky, approachable and friendly, just like the people working on the Estate - and sales over the past few years have proven the wines' popularity with the South African market. Come and visit Yonder Hill to enjoy peace and harmony; taste our Wines and Olyfberg products. You are sure to experience a uniqueness and a special sense of something that leaves you feeling uplifted.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Inanda 2008

Now it is the waiting that is driving us crazy..... Our Boudreaux blend was bottled yesterday after 18 months on wood. This wine will be released yearly 2011. By the quality, taste and body, the winemaker believes this to be on of our best wines produced to date. With only a limited amount bottled, we would like to allocate all the cases before 2011. Making this a special release only to our loyal and close friends who love and enjoy our Inanda

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Amazing, 4.5 stars

We reciently recieved the news that 2 of our 3 premium was given 4.5star out of 5 from John Platter.  Unofficially the Merlot was given a recomendation for 5 stars..........In previous years we only got 4stars for our Blend, making the 2007 entered wines a good step in the right direction.  The winemaker, Bennie Avenant, is even more excited about the reciently bottled 2008 vintage!!!!!!!!!!!!
Both the entry level wine also recieved Value Awards from Wine Magazine, following the footsteps of the previous years.

With only 2 weeks to go before we close for 2009, we want to say many thanx and lots of cheers to our redwine friends.  Come and visit to experiance our Christmas specials.

THe Yonder Hill team

PS: Bennie is back from honeymoon, and working all of us to the bone.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 selling for only R25.00

We just could not wait for Christmas for the fun to begin.  We will be selling our Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 for only R25.00 per bottle.  Good fruits, spices, mulberry and rasberry flavours on the nose.  Maturation in 225lt French Oak barrrels.  The flavours balance perfectly with soft tannis to ensure an easy drinking style wine.

There are only a limited amout availible, be sure to hurry.

See ya soon