There's no end to the magic of the wine industry. Not only do have we get great wines to enjoy from our producers but they also make us part of the harvesting process. Find your fun in the winelands this harvest season with these great events...read more » Thursday, 14 February 2019
With the Cape winelands’ four years drought having been broken by welcoming rainfall through winter and spring this year, Darling Cellars on the Cape West Coast is anticipating an improved harvest for 2019.read more » Friday, 21 December 2018
The vibrant Lime Kilns 2017 wine, a label in Darling Cellars’ Heritage Collection, was one of the top performers in the 2018 Cape White Blend Report held annually by Winemag. The Lime Kilns 2017, a blend of Chenin Blanc (81%), Viognier (16%) and Chardonnay (3%), scored 91pts in this competition for white wine blends comprising a minimum of 15% but not more than 85% Chenin Blanc.read more » Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Winemag.co.za released the third annual Cape White Blend Report – in order to be eligible, wines had to contain a significant Chenin Blanc component, specifically more than 15% and less than 85%.read more » Thursday, 06 December 2018
With only seventy hectares of Bukettraube vineyards left in the world, South Africa has the majority of these plantings, coming in at 50 hectares.read more » Monday, 26 November 2018
Driving through the vineyards of Darling on the Cape’s West Coast, and I get a back-ache just looking at those rows of short, squat bush-vines. Pruning, picking and topping these low-standing plants would require a person bending lower than what a wine-seller has to do to get his product listed with a national restaurant chain, just with less nervous sweat and boot-licking.read more » Tuesday, 13 November 2018
One rosé wine set to be the darling of this summer’s holiday season is the Pink Pyjama Bush 2018 from Darling Cellars, the leading winery in this well-known wine region on the cool Cape West Coast.read more » Thursday, 01 November 2018
In its best showing to date at the prestigious Veritas Awards, Darling Cellars turned in a performance seeing it named one of the top five producers at this year’s competition, winning two Double Gold and three Gold medals.read more » Tuesday, 09 October 2018
The Veritas Vertex Award for the overall champion wine from among a record number of 1 677 entries for the Veritas Awards this year, was won by the Pongrácz Blanc de Blanc MCC, non-vintage – crowning Distell achievement as the overall best performance at this event, on Saturday 6 October.read more » Monday, 08 October 2018
Darling Cellars is proud to announce breaking the respected 90 point barrier in the highly esteemed Tim Atkin 2018 South African Special Report.read more » Wednesday, 19 September 2018
A wooded Pinotage from Wellington Wines was crowned as the winner of the coveted General Smuts Trophy for the overall SA Champion young wine 2018, at the gala dinner of the SA Young Wine Show tonight (Saturday 25 August). This winning wine from Wellington Wines also received the trophy for the SA Champion Pinotage at the show this year, as in 2017.read more » Monday, 27 August 2018
Darling Cellars, together with our importer Amka (in Denmark,Sweden,Finland and Germany amongst other), believe we have an obligation towards the welfare and interests of the society in which we operate and is therefore honoured to present The Darling Trust with this contribution and hope that it will help to provide with the resources The Darling Trust needs to continue their endeavours.read more » Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Small in stature but large in footprint, Darling Cellars has, over the years, built an enviable reputation in the local market, by consistently producing high quality wines with an integrity of origin, whilst also offering excellent value.read more » Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Winemag.co.za is pleased to present the second annual Cape White Blend Report – in order to be eligible, wines had to contain a Chenin Blanc component of more than 15% and less than 85%.read more » Friday, 17 November 2017
We are really sorry to inform you that the Darling Cellars Crush Day, which was scheduled for 3 March 2018 has been cancelled due to the severe water crisis we are experiencing in the Western Cape. We respect the conditions and due to the nature of this fun day, we have decided it would be better not to host this event in 2018.read more » Friday, 03 November 2017
We are thrilled to announce that the Old Bush Vines Cincaut 2015 received a Double Gold medal and the Old Bush Vine Chenin Blanc 2016 was rewarded a Gold medal at the Six Nations Wine Challenge.read more » Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Chenin, Cinsaut, Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet strike it rich... Darling Cellars are proud to announce that we scored a tally of no less than 11 medals at the 2017 Veritas Awards, including a prestigious Double Gold for our flagship Limited Edition Lady Ann Darling Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon 2016.
read more » Wednesday, 11 October 2017
