Growing Pears in a Bottle

March 20th, 2018

It’s one of those conversation starters: how did the pear get into the bottle? The answer: with an age-old French technique, and a lot of patience.

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Next up: Naartjie Mampoer

May 18th, 2012

About a year ago, our winemaker, Charl Coetzee, was tasked with setting up and running the Babylonstoren distillery. The distillery is now all set up ...

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Pruim Mampoer

November 17th, 2011

Our distillery is almost ready to start work, so we’ve begun preparing prunes harvested from our trees before firing up our kettle for the first ...

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