Chenin Blanc, MAN Family Wines, Cape Coast, ZA, 2023

Winemaker Notes

It all started as a simple plan: to make a wine that we’d love to buy. We wanted quality wine that offered excellent value and great packaging. Not exactly an epiphany, perhaps, but enough to motivate us into action. Of course, first we had to come up with a name. To keep peace in the families, we took our wives’ initials (we each have one wife) — that is how we explained to Marie, Anette and Nicky that we were going to be “busy” most weekends. ‘It’s for you!’ we told them. And mostly it’s true.

José Conde and brothers Tyrrel and Philip Myburgh started making wine together in 2001. They’re further supported by a group of dedicated grape growers from the Agter-Paarl region. From the first 300 cases made in a tractor shed, MAN Family Wines has grown to producing over 175,000 cases per year and exporting to 25 countries.