Who We Are?

The two Silwervis wines, unlike the Smiley which represents multiple styles and vintages, are both single vineyard, vintage wines. The two vineyards are located on the Paardeberg mountain in the heart of the Swartland. The 46 year old Chenin blanc bush-vine vineyard is located at the bottom of a decomposed granite valley which we farm organically and compeltely by hand. The Cinsault vineyard is located on a unique terroir ridge where decomposed granite and red-clay meet. The grapes for both of the wines are fermented naturally before being transferred to their respective Nomblot concrete eggs for one year of untouched maturation. The Silwervis wines are hands-off wines where we want the taster to experience a sense of place and terroir, that being the Paardeberg which is featured as the back drop on the label of the wine. The label is a union of past and present. The past represented by the devil, where people farmed agressively and without care, the present represeted by the mermaid which highlights the delicate nature of our approach of natural winemaking.