Chasing ancestors on the Helderberg with Bernhard Bredell, SCIONS OF SINAI

Today on the podcast we have Bernhard Bredell, winemaker and owner of Scions of Sinai – he made the first wines from the 2016 vintage and is based in southern Stellenbosch. The Bredells have been in the shadow of the Helderberg making wine for seven generations, and their port-styled wines are legendary. Unfortunately the farm was sold before Bernhard had a chance to take over and he went to work for the Winery of Good Hope and did stints in Cote-Rotie and Priorat. The Scions of Sinai project was born from a desire to save some of the old vineyards Bernhard’s grandfather planted as they were being ripped up to be replaced with more commercially viable varieties. Scions of Sinai is a tiny producer, but certainly one of the most interesting and compelling in Stellenbosch. Bernhard is a massive vineyard geek and he loves nothing more than being among the vines and showing visitors all the life in the soils of the land he works with. He is hugely studious, both about the history of the area and different techniques in viticulture and vinification to in his words “get the most out while putting the least in”. I give you Bernhard Bredell…

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