Producing only 3,500 cases of wine per year, De Trafford鈥檚 focus on detail is exquisite. Situated on the picturesque Mont Fleur farm, the vines are planted 380m above sea level between the Stellenbosch and Helderberg mountains.
An architect by trade, owner David Trafford is a self-taught winemaker 鈥� who naturally designed his own gravity flow winery. 鈥淚 never chose winemaking as a profession 鈥� it was thrust upon me. I chose architecture, but live on land with such great vineyard potential, it was impossible not to get involved in the wine business,鈥� he says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 about understanding and working with the vineyard to coax something magical from the land, after that it鈥檚 hold thumbs you don鈥檛 mess it up in the cellar.鈥�
David鈥檚 architectural background can be seen in the blueprints that adorn the labels of his wines, while others are painted by his wife, fine art graduate and chef Rita Trafford.