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When Walkden-Davis and his wife Sylvia moved bunches in a fruit cage that had been derelict for 12 they hit rock that slopes towards a little river . This la in Neuras ’ s good drainage – which is perfect for vine
While Neuras ’ unique micro-climate makes it po to the cool west wind blowing in from the Atlantic O degrees at night – the grapes have to be harvested
Today , in spite of Neuras being located in one o around 3 000 bottles of wine a year .
Early last year Neuras was sold the N / a ’ an ku sê work .
Opened in 1997 , the Thonningi wine farm locate wines produced by Dr Bertus Boshoff and his wife E Viognier , Cabernet Sauvignon , Pinotage and Mourvè
A medical doctor by profession , Boshoff ’ s true p grapes in 1998 and realised that the grapes used to Today the vineyard produces between 2 500 and 3 0
Over the years he planted other varietals . In 200 introduced and by the end of 2012 the farm was rea
More than just wine
Since June 2004 the Kristall Kellerei has been inv litres was made by using 400 litres of wine from a sp for five years .
Brandy is also currently made by Orange River V the final product will reach the market within the ne years . Orvi , right down in the south of Namibia , hop with . The brandy is made of table grapes and at the desIgn Namibia June - August 2013