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The Primitive Man’s Mix, red and white pay tribute to a if truth be told special Primitive Man, Peter Pentz snr. Peter is patriarch of the Pentz family and at coronary heart a stockman and cattle farmer of standing.
Peter is affectionately steadily known as The Primitive Man by his younger folks, of whom, Nicholas has been farming with him since 1992. Grandson, Peter jnr. joined the family wine industry in March 2020. Three generations of Pentz’s now work aspect be aspect in the family industry.
The Primitive Man’s Mix will pay tribute to Peter for his replace from dairy farming to wine farming. Peter will likely be requested what it is adore being in the wine industry after so decades as a dairy farmer. His acknowledge, “In his 40 years of dairy farming no-one has ever attain up to me in the boulevard and stated that they had a massive bottle of my milk final night time”.
Peter modified into once a third generation dairyman processing his milk and turning in it on a standard foundation door to door in the southern suburbs by formula of electrical carts.
Dairy made formula for wine in 2001 and in those early years, Lukas, our winemaker, made a red mix for Peter as his night time tipple. One afternoon, Peter known as the cellar and requested Wilna to thrill ship a case of his red mix with Consume, when he got right here thru Blouberg that night time. Sooner than he assign the mobile phone down, he overheard Wilna asserting to Lukas, “Be aware to ship a case of The Primitive Man’s Mix thru with Consume tonight time “. So the next morning Peter got right here to the cellar and stated, “I in actuality have the title for the red mix”. And so The Primitive Man’s Mix got right here into being, as a tribute to Peter for his replace from dairy to wine.
Peter modified into once Nationwide Farmer of the Yr in South Africa in 1998 for his accomplishments in the dairy alternate. No longer greatest did he have awards for the greatest taking a inspect dairy cow and the cow with the highest production, nevertheless he also pioneered the importation of cattle semen into South Africa and, in so doing, made a substantial contribution to the fashion of the nationwide red meat and dairy herds.
Peter’s dairy cattle will now not be any extra, nevertheless his love for cattle carries on thru his prized herd of Angus cattle that trail the Darling Hills of Groote Post.
Groote Post The Primitive Man’s Mix red is Merlot essentially based a all the formula down to earth, easy ingesting snug and snug blended red wine. White pepper, spice and raspberry are renowned on the nose with snug and ripe tannins giving an tidy enact.
Groote Post The Primitive Mans’ Mix white is a Sauvignon Blanc essentially based summer season wine, exhibiting tropical fruit flavours. Guava and white Pear are renowned on the nose. A modern energetic acidity livens the palate with a enact of citrus flavours.
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