Our South African company, False Bay Vineyards forms part of our Boutinot Own Production portfolio. We first visited the region 20 years ago and simply fell in love with it – its huge potential for quality and spectacular vineyards. We are proud to build on our experience and relationships with growers and aim to bring wines with varietal typicity to the market. Meticulous sourcing of grapes and a non-interventionist approach in the winery has established our brands amongst a wide audience throughout the world.

Winemaker, Werner Engelbrecht and CEO Jean du Toit believe our products and services should be of such a quality that we command respect, confidence and loyalty. Our primary production objective is the delivery of the best quality wines we can create. Brand building is a key element in our strategy and it is based on the principle to offer the consumer the opportunity to experience genuine quality at all price points.

Our objective is to gain presence, respect and a loyal following for our brands in all major markets, whilst retaining our boutique, hand crafted and personal approach.

Our passion for South Africa resulted in major investment in 2004, with the purchase of Waterkloof wine farm - one of South Africa's premier vineyard sites. The 122 hectare estate in Helderberg overlooking the breath-taking False Bay coastline, completes a long term ambition to develop a flagship estate, producing wines that will fully express the stated Boutinot wine making philosophy. The development of a winery and additional plantings will see Waterkloof established as one of South Africa’s most sought after wines.

For more information on our South African production wines click on Boutinot Own Production or for details on the permanent team based in South Africa see Our People.