Food, wine and travel writer, Graham Howe survived over sixty food and wine tastings on the winelands circuit in 2016 – and picks his top ten favourite cellar-door restaurants of the year.
Avondale’s Tasting Gallery and wine sales will be open Monday to Sunday, from 10h00 to 16h00 over the holiday season. Come and get to know our extraordinary wines and find out first-hand about how we make them with Mother Nature’s approval in an elegant and...
One of the year’s highlights has been to bring chickens into Avondale’s Circle of Life and see them thrive. Housed in a converted 1952 Dodge truck, our brood of Rhode Island Reds, Leghorns, Koekoeks and Buff Orpingtons spend their days free ranging and foraging in...
We recently held two media events for the launch of our 2013 vintage; at these events we tasted 5 vintages of our Cyclus White Blend 2009 to 2013 showcasing the blend’s aging potential. Cyclus is made from Viognier, Chardonnay, Roussanne, Chenin Blanc and Semillon...
Renowned South African landscape painter, Scats Esterhuyse has enjoyed a long relationship with Avondale, and his paintings are displayed throughout our Tasting Gallery. This year he is celebrating 20 years as an artist and to commemorate this achievement, we talked...
We are delighted to announce our success at the 2015 Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championship where our 2009 Armilla Blanc de Blanc MCC won Best South African Sparkling Wine overall and trophies for Best Blanc de Blanc MCC and Best Organic MCC. These three...
