Drops of red and white
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A dirt road leads up to the end of the Hemel-an-Aarde (Heaven and Earth) valley. swissinfo.ch -
Creation Wines was founded by Jean-Claude Martin and his Swiss business partner, Christoph Kaser. swissinfo.ch -
Heaven and Earth swissinfo.ch -
Malbec is one of ten different varieties grown on the estate. swissinfo.ch -
Autumn leaves swissinfo.ch -
The cellar and the wine tasting room were only built in the last few years. swissinfo.ch -
JC, as he is known, left Switzerland for the Cape region in 2004. swissinfo.ch -
The producers of the boutique wines aim for an international market. swissinfo.ch -
Creation Wines has up to 200 customers a day who come all the way for a wine tasting. swissinfo.ch -
The annual output is just 120,000 bottles. swissinfo.ch -
Kevin Baatjies, assistant winemaker, keeps the temperature at between 18-20° Celsius. swissinfo.ch -
A neighbour drops by for a chat. swissinfo.ch -
Sheep used to graze where the vineyards were built. swissinfo.ch -
The Red Hot Poker is a sign of winter. The peak at the back sometimes gets a white top. swissinfo.ch -
Some 30 families can make a living from the vineyards. The owners believe in manual work. swissinfo.ch -
The Hemel-an-Aarde valley is just a few kilometres away from the seaside town of Hermanus. swissinfo.ch
A Swiss winemaker sets up a new estate in South Africa, looking for an international market for his wares.
This content was published on June 5, 2010 - 19:46
Jean-Claude Martin grows ten different wines in a picturesque valley east of Cape Town. (pictures: Christoph Balsiger; text: Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch)
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