Philip Jonker

Owner & Cellar Master
Weltevrede Wine Estate
Philip Jonker is the owner and winemaker at Weltevrede Wine Estate in Bonnievale.

Philip Jonker is the fourth generation family winemaker of Weltevrede. He joined his father in 1997 after finishing his B.Sc. Agric degree at the University of Stellenbosch, majoring in Viticulture and Oenology. He and his wife, Lindelize, spent most of 1997 abroad, studying and working during the harvest season at Clos du Val Winery in the Napa Valley, California, and later at Chateau la Domenique, St Emilion, Bordeaux.

Philip is a Chardonnay specialist and his Chardonnays have been awarded by Chardonnay du Monde, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, International Wine Challenge, International Wine and Spirit Challenge amongst others.

He produces three terroir specific Chardonnays as well as four Methode Cap Classiques (Champagne method bottle fermented sparkling wine) all containing Chardonnay to some extent.

His Blanc de Blancs Cap Classique (100% Chardonnay) has been the overall winner of the WINE magazine/Amorim Cork Cap Classique Challenge in 2003 and the non-vintage Cap Classique (Entheos) the winner of the Best Non-Vintage category for the same competition in 2009. This wine was also chosen shortly afterwards to be served to South African Airways Premium Class passengers during the 2010 Soccer World Cup.