Some Like It Cool: The Cool Climate Wine Story

Some Like It Cool: The Cool Climate Wine Story

Benguela Cove produces cool climate wines - which may surprise many wine enthusiasts, who perhaps equate the Western Cape region of South Africa, where this beautiful vineyard is located, with deliciously hot summer days. Surely cool climate wines are more usually associated with cooler regions, such as Germany’s Mosel Valley or the mountains of Trentino in Italy?

Benguela Cove Scoops Three Double Veritas Golds for Wine

Benguela Cove Scoops Three Double Veritas Golds for Wine

Veritas Wine Awards 2021. Benguela Cove Wine Estate awarded Three Double Gold and Two Gold Medals. All wineries seek a coveted gold medal. Many spend years buying in the best fruit and blending countless wines in pursuit of a win. This makes the achievement of Johann Fourie, Benguela Cove’s cellar master and his team even more significant, winning three double gold medals in the Veritas wine awards in only the winery’s fifth year.