Monro Merlot is our Reserve red wine bottled under the historic family name “MONRO”. Barrel matured for approximately 18 months this wine is intensely aromatic with hints of dark cherry fruit, spice and vanilla. The complexity will ensure that Monro Merlot should keep for up to 10 yea read more »
Thursday, 25 March 2021

We continue the journey of sampling our Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes. Xander is checking the sugar levels to determine when the grapes should be picked. Only when they reach optimum ripeness for our Cap Classiques will the blocks be harvested.

We've had some things to celebrate this week. This year we’re also celebrating 50 years of Cap Classique in South Africa and 37 years of Villiera Tradition. Join the conversation and celebrate with us.

Simon is taking random samples of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay so that sugar levels can be checked and the blocks can be picked at optimum ripeness for Cap Classique.

Villiera Wines, just outside Stellenbosch, is home to a 220ha Wildlife Sanctuary. It includes 12 dams plus marsh areas which attract a huge variety of bird-life. Over 100 000 indigenous trees have been planted to date.

A number of mammals have been introduced in the Wildlife Sanctuary:&nbs read more »
Wednesday, 27 January 2021

Villiera Wines is home to the Pebbles Project who enrich the lives of 1000’s of Children in the Winelands of the Western Cape by focusing on 5 key areas: Education, Health, Nutrition, Community and Protection. Villiera is also home to The Owethu Clinic.

In the Villiera Wildlife Sanctuary, conservation efforts for both game and vegetation take place alongside a determined indigenous tree- planting project. Well over 100 000 indigenous trees have been planted in an attempt to green fallow land and provide mitigation for our carbon footprint.

Villiera scoops the Michelangelo African Cellar Supppliers Cap Classique TROPHY for their prestige cuvee, Monro Brut 2014. Monro Brut is the flagship cuvee in Villiera’s Cap Classique stable and has won numerous accolades including a SAWI Platinum and Best Cap Classique in South Africa, a 5 read more »
Tuesday, 10 November 2020

In 2017 Villiera installed a Rainwater Harvesting system. All roof water is now diverted from the roofs through rudimentary filters into the irrigation dams. In a normal rainfall year this adds 6 000 000 litres of quality rainwater to the water in the dams.

Wines of South Africa focused on South African Rosé on the 24th July - we put this story line together on our Villiera Tradition Brut Rosé. It takes a couple of years across all the seasons, creating a number of jobs to perfect this magical rosé bubble.

Villiera has over 40 bee hives and we sell pure honey in our tasting room. The Bees are very happy and productive on Villiera. We have moved away from cultivation in the vineyard using natural weeds to form mulch. Most of these flower and are a good source of food for insects such as bees. The ma read more »
Wednesday, 09 September 2020

We were all in the need of something to celebrate this year - there was a lot of support around the world Cap Classique Day on the 1st September. Many joined in, drinking a toast to this awesome proudly South Africa bottle fermented bubbly category.

The Villiera Lockdown Chain

Villiera Wines - Second Fermentation

Jeff watched Nathan pairing wine to music and decided he did not want to be outdone, so he hauled out the golf clubs. Not sure that has been done before – a wine and golf club pairing? We think lockdown is getting to him and he’ read more »
Friday, 21 August 2020