The BLANKbottle concept started in 2004, driven by the interactive communication between myself and the adventurous wine drinker - using the internet as tool.  The concept soon proved to be a good vehicle in the quest for sustained innovation in wine. Today, I release all new BLANKbottle wines (in the region of 8 per year) exclusively to the BLANKbottle community. To join this community and be kept in the loop of what’s happening at BLANKbottle, please subscribe to my mailing list.  

As owner-winemaker, I form alliances with vineyards, winemakers and wineries all over South Africa. As the name implies, BLANKbottle leaves you in the dark about the cultivar, region and year of vintage, giving you no label to go by, only your taste! I sell straight to the consumer only, mainly via this website. It’s here where you’ll find the full story behind your BLANKbottle by searching under its unique BATCH NAME.

To find out more about me or my take on wine and life, please watch the 3 minute documentary below.

Pieter H. Walser (Founder / Winemaker...)

PS: I also have a 100% money back guarantee on all wines, no questions asked.

LATEST NEWS:

24 January 2012: My first newsletter for 2012 - Let's consider the weird stuff... Read it here or watch the newsletter on YouTube, I recorded it myself...

6 December 2011: The release of the new vintage of BLACK 2010: R165 a bottle. This wine is a red blend of Swartland Syrah, Mourvedre & Grenache - a joint venture between myself and a friend, Albert Ahrens.

15 November 2011: My new wine released: The Moment of Silence 2010. BUY NOW! This is a area specific white blend of Chenin blanc, Chardonnay and Viognier. Fermented and aged in OLD French oak barrels. It's NOT your typical wooded wine. You can hardly taste the wood. The wine is fresh! It represents and express the vineyards from Wellington, NOT the barrels from France...

25 October 2011: R350 for a bottle of wine: ridiculous or realistic? This has definitely been the most challenging newsletter to write ever. In the past I've explained the production cost of wine in general. But the question I left unanswered: Are you being ripped off by paying, let's say, R350 for a bottle of fine wine?

20 September 2011: Book me for a private tasting... See tasting road trip dates here - Durban and Joburg etc...

7 September 2011: A few weeks ago I wrote a newsletter where I asked all to give me input on what they would like to see coming from BLANKbottle next. Click here to read the Feedback article.

17 August 2011: The past weekend we had the annual Vintners (Winemakers/Viticulturists) Surf Classic - or as the Bomb surf magazine put it last year : "The coolest surf contest in SA". Click here to read what happened...

5 August 2011: BLACK 2008 - The SWARTLAND red blend of Albert Ahrens and myself are now officially SOLD OUT!!!! The next vintage is in bottle, but not yet labelled and waxed... Thanks to all! Sold out is the best possition ever! 

2 August 2011: The release of my new wine "Nothing to declare 2010", a blend of Chenin blanc and something very interesting. A winter white - big, round and spicy.

12 July 2011: Check out my latest newsletter: "a day in the life of BLANKbottle - July 2011"

22 June 2011: Busy booking a range of tastings all over the country. Contact me if you are interested to host some. Click here for more info.

31 May 2011: The Spaniard 2007 sold out in November 2010 and proved to be BLANKbottle's most popular wine thus far. After many requests for a repeat Spaniard, I'm happy to be able to finally release a worthy successor - The BIG Spaniard 2009. A BIG wine for a BIG winter to come!

25 May 2011: Check out recent blog entries - blending of the new wines, bottling, labelling exports etc...

19 April 2011: Read my newest newsletter here: The story about base and treble.

18 April 2011: Grenache 2007 - SOLD OUT, a sad day for South African Grenache...

29 March 2011: My new newsletter: "a day in the life", I tell you all about my new wine in the making. Click here to read.

16 March 2011: Check out the results of my most-longstanding-client-competition. My oldest client is 82, click here to read...

1 March 2011: Check out my new wine: BLANKbottle “Mnr. PROFESSOR” 2008 – a Bordeaux-style blend from the Simonsberg, Stellenbosch. It's predominantly Cabernet with bits of Merlot and Cabernet franc - 24 months in French oak. Click here to read more and buy...

1 February 2011: I'll be handing out 3 mixed cases of sold-out BLANKbottle wines, one for the most long-standing client, and two as spot prizes. All you need to do is access your mental archives and send me a mail of when and where you first heard of BLANKbottle read more here.

18 January 2011: First newsletter for 2011. The common thread in wine...

30 November 2010: Check out my 2 newest wines BLACK 2008 and The WHITE BLACK 2009, 

23 November 2010: Four of BLANKbottle's wines received 4 out of 5 stars in the new Platter Guide for wine (2011) that's just been released.

10 November 2010: Sorry everyone!!!! The Spaniard 2007 is now officially sold out!!!

9 November 2010: My newest newsletter where I expose BLANKbottle's edge... Read more.

26 October 2010: The official release of the Moment of Silence 2009. The wine is stylistically the same as the 2007 vintage, but differs in the way the wine was matured... Read more and buy here.

16 October 2010: Check out my latest article where Dr BLANKbottle analyse Red Wine Headaches

Hands on Wine also made this short film on BLANKbottle. This is the best 3 minute description on what I do for a living.