The Traveling Winemaker strategy is content, value and taking your wine to wine consumers. WINE CONSULTANT
As a Wine Consultant I can add value to various aspect of setting up a wine farm, building the infrastructure, plant the vines, harvesting the grapes and making good wine. Once the vines are planted, it is another two or three years until your first harvest and your first full harvest isn’t
often until your fourth year. As your wine ages, you are constantly trying it and deciding whether to keep it pure, blend it with another grape or move to oak. With a 4 year wait for your first bottle, it’s tempting to want to do it all at once. However, I firmly believe in starting small, mastering each blend, and then slowly progressing to the next. As a award winning winemaker I understand the technical approach to winemaking, but most of all I understand how to add value to a vineyard to produce good wines. The past 24 years has taught me what not to do, and to know when not to follow the textbooks and rather my gut. MARKETING
As a winemaker and consultant I focus on creating exposure and personalize wine brands. Once harvest is done, the focus in the wine industry moves to marketing and sales. The Traveling Winemaker is a brand advocate who work hard to actively promote brands I care about. EDUCATIONAL
Do you panic when you’re handed the wine list in a restaurant? Or when you’re looking for a bottle to take to a dinner party? Do you always go for the same wine? If so, maybe it’s time to take a wine course. Learning how to taste wines will help you identify your favourite flavours and expand your drinking repertoire. A drop of wine education will fuel your passion for wine and increase your enjoyment of this versatile and amazing drink. For all things wine you’ve come to the right place! Winemaker, Duan Brits has been in die wine industry for the past 25 years and has through his passion for wine and people added much value to the industry. As a winemaker he now embarked on a more informal wine educational tour empowering wine lovers to be a connoisseur in their own right. Too many times people are given the impression that only winemakers are fully educated when it comes to the world of wine. Join us for an interactive and educational trip exploring the beginning of wine making and how to differentiate between a good and not so good wine. This educational journey is not a brief on winemaking but rather winemaking in laymen’s terms. The Traveling Winemaker Duan Brits offer two wine courses and both are followed with a spectacular lunch by The Big Tasty Bite. The food and wine pairing will showcase a functional approach to how the balance between acidity, heat, fat, salt and sugar in food can enhance the characteristic traits in various grape varietals. The correct pairings can easily unleash us into a world of unmatched creativity and appreciation for where the marriage of good food and good wine meet. The farm-style table encourages its guests to freely dish up and feast on what their heart desires as the food and wine pairing guidelines will be provided to each guest, assisting them in pairing their meals accordingly.
