Earthbound excels at the Nedbank Green Wine Awards

Monday, 24 October, 2016
Earthbound Organic Wines
The Nedbank Green Awards took place on Thursday 20 October 2016. The Earthbound Cabernet Sauvignon Organic 2015 was awarded with the Organically Grown Overall Winner award, and the Organically Grown Best Red.

“I am thrilled to accept these awards on behalf of the entire Earthbound team," said winemaker Heinrich Kulsen. “I am extremely proud, as it is my first award as the winemaker of Earthbound. We owe a huge deal of gratitude to all our farm workers who put in so much effort to produce grapes and wines of outstanding quality. We look forward to sharing many more glasses of premium wine!”

The Nedbank Green Wine Awards consists of two categories: One for the organic entries, and another for the wines that follow the Integrated Production of Wine (IPW) guidelines. The judges of this year’s awards included journalist Fiona McDonald, chairwoman of the Institute of Cape Wine Masters and an international wine judge Dr. Winnie Bowman, director of Singita Premier Wine Francois Rautenbach and KWV scholarship graduate Nomonde Kubheka.

Earthbound is an organic and Fairtrade-certified wine, made from grapes supplied by Papkuilsfontein Vineyards in Darling on the West Coast. The dry-land vineyards, cultivated in an optimal combination of soils and enjoying a cooling maritime climate, produce grapes with a great concentration of fruit flavours.

The Earthbound vines are certified organic by the Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS), a leading international inspection, verification, testing and certification company.  It is recognised as a global benchmark for quality and integrity assurance in the production of organic foodstuffs. All elements in the production programme are fully monitored on an annual basis and traceable at all points. In addition to these responsible farming practices, the farm is Fairtrade-accredited, which means that for every ton of grapes harvested for this wine, a premium of R600 is paid that goes towards projects intended to improve the quality of life of farm workers and their families. A committee representing the workers decides on how premiums will be spent. To date funds have been directed towards computer facilities, education and training. A community hall has been completed and funds were used to furnish it and buy other necessary equipment. 

Produced from selected vineyard blocks on the farm, the Earthbound Cabernet Sauvignon Organic 2015 offers aromas of fruitcake and spice with tobacco leaf and a faint hint of talcum powder. The wine has concentrated notes of inky chocolate and graphite with brambly black and blue berry fruit vivacity.

All Earthbound wines are available from CyberCellar on www.cybercellar.com

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Earthbound Cabernet Sauvignon Organic 2015
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