After recently securing 2 Double Gold medals, Dornier Merlot gets the nod again and secures a Top 10 ranking and second highest point score in this year’s Prescient Merlot Report. Dornier Merlot is a true labour of love. Given the variety’s propensity in South Africa towards being either green, overripe or even both, meticulous care […]

In November 2020 Dornier Merlot received a Double Gold Award in the prestigious Veritas wine competition, South Africa’s longest running wine competition. Hot on the heels of this achievement Dornier Merlot has been acknowledged with a second Double Gold Medal as recently awarded in the 2021 National Wine Challenge. Since the reintroduction of Merlot into […]

DORNIER EQUANIMITY CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2017 TOP 100 SA WINE This year’s National Wine Challenge / Top 100 SA Wines sees 63 red wines awarded Top 100 status of which 8 wines are Cabernet Sauvignon. Only three of the Cabernet Sauvignon wines are Wine of Origin Stellenbosch of which Dornier Equanimity Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 proudly forms […]

 Dornier Donatus 2017, 94 Points, Top 10 Cape Bordeaux Red Blend now available at The Wine Lounge at Dornier Dornier Donatus, Dornier’s Bordeaux style red blend saw its maiden release in 2002. Originally a blend of only 3 grape varieties, today Dornier Donatus includes all 5 Bordeaux red varieties. All vintages of Donatus have always […]

Dornier is proud to announce the 90 point score received for Dornier Semillon 2018 as recently judged in the Alternative Varieties Report, Wine Magazine. This year 44 white wines were entered with 24 wines scoring 90 points and above. Grapes used for the production of Dornier Semillon are sourced from a single site on Dornier. […]

Dornier Froschkönig Natural Sweet Chenin Blanc 2016 wins first place in Natural Sweet Wine Category. Wine Magazine’s inaugural Sweet Wine Report was released 21 August 2018 with the focus being on 1) Natural Sweet; 2) Noble Late Harvest; 3) Straw Wine; 4) Hanepoot and 5) Muscadel. Wines were tasted blind (labels out of sight) by […]

Dornier Merlot scores 90 points in Wine Magazine’s 2nd annual Merlot report in association with the Merlot Forum. This year 67 entries were received from 50 producers in which only 8 wines scored 90 points and above. Dornier Merlot is produced from vines planted on the South Westerly slopes of Stellenbosch Mountain in soils consisting […]

The 2015 harvest is commonly regarded as one of the best harvests in many years for the South African wine industry. The absence of heat waves and cooler than normal weather in February was ideal for ripening and harvesting. Lower temperatures at night during harvest time contributed towards good colour and flavour especially in red […]

~ The artist walked out of his usual restaurant in town where he had been joking and arguing, bragging and lamenting with friends. But now, he longed for his refuge and respite. The place with the protruding rocks, red sands and nebulous light – hidden just above the famed vineyard. Only here was his mind […]

~ Again he had been dreaming of the mysterious woman with the black hair. He could not see her face, but heard her calling him by a strange name in a warm singing voice. She smelled of wild herbs, ripe fruits and violets. Her presence was rousing. He woke in wild excitement and put on […]

Dornier CMD pays tribute to the late, founding owner Christoph Modeste Dornier, whose endearment of Stellenbosch, affinity towards fine wine and mastery of art are exemplified in this maiden vintage release of Dornier CMD. A mere 550 bottles of the 2011 vintage were produced from meticulously sorted, hand-harvested grapes sourced from the very best rows […]

In recent years Rosé wines have increasingly gained popularity as the wine of choice amongst wine drinkers bringing with it improved and innovative methods of production. Evolving from generally sweet, light and simple wines, Rosés today are more complex, dryer in style and of substantially higher quality. Dornier has taken innovative production methods of Rosé […]