“Spioenkop — “Spy Mountain” The Roose Family dreamed of a place where life can be treasured and grapes make one reflect on the beauty of the earth & nature. The Spioenkop estate is founded on steep slopes and ideal soils. 

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All my wines are organic and vegan. I don’t use any product from animals, milk, gelatine, or fish. I have no certificates and never want to have them, they are money sucking scams! 

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 I’m the only producer in Elgin that planted Pinotage.”
— Koen Roose

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The winemaking philosophy here is low intervention and allowing the wine to have a voice without putting technology and an interfering winemaker in the way. Biodynamic principles have been adopted though they have not sought certification. The winemaker wants a vineyard in rude health, dry farmed and untrammelled by artificial fertiliser, pesticides and herbicides and where working on foot and by hand are the order of the day. They call it balance; ‘balance in the wines, balance in the winery and balance in the terroir’. Koen is obsessive about the relationship of his vines with the environment and the work that he has done and continues to do to get the best from them.

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