KWV’s Izele van Blerk talks The Mentors Wines

kwv-izele-van-blerkKWV The Mentors Red Wine Maker, Izele van Blerk

There is a very dedicated Wine Team at KWV.  It starts in the vineyards with Chief Viticulturist Marco Ventrella sourcing the finest grapes and watching over vineyards of KWV’s grape suppliers.

KWV Viticulturist Marco VentrellaMarco Ventrella, KWV’s Chief Viticulturist

Once in the cellar, the grapes go to the various different places in the cellar.  The Mentor’s Cellar, the cellar-within-a-cellar at the sprawling KWV Cellar in the centre of the town of Paarl.  Grapes are specifically produced for The Mentor’s Wines.

kwv-the-mentors-orchestra-nvKWV The Mentors Orchestra 2009

Izele van Berk is the multi award winning Red Wine maker in The Mentor’s Cellar.

Here we talk about her wines in an interview I did with her recently.

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November 28th, 2016|Categories: Michael's Writings|Tags: , , , , , |

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fav-57Michael Olivier grew up on a wine farm in the hills of Durbanville. He trained at The London Cordon Bleu Cookery School and is a well known Cape food and wine commentator. Michael has worked in and managed such well-known places as Lanzerac Hotel in Stellenbosch and was Public Relations Manager for the top marque wine estate Boschendal.
Having run three restaurants, Paddagang in Tulbagh, The Burgundy in Hermanus and Parks in Constantia, and being featured in the national top ten restaurants, he is now a food and wine writer, published author and broadcaster. Michael has three children, Sarah, Amy and Peter and is married to Madeleine. They live in Cape Town, South Africa.