testimonials

For many years I’ve been presenting tastings to private clients. It’s always been core to my business - getting face-time with people who love wine. I am not exactly sure what happened in the last few months, but the tastings took on new momentum. I subsequently decided to formalize the planning of trips. I am setting aside one week in a month where I’ll commit to travelling and presenting tastings. The past 2 months have been Joburg’s turn and this month I am off to Bloemfontein and Kimberly. A new city that I am excited about is Durban. I'm temporarily booked for a week trip there in October, but still have plenty open nights (17 to 21 October 2011). You see, I can surf in the day and present tastings at night - not possible in Joburg! But don’t worry Joburg. I still love your city and will be there 26-29 October. I also have a few open nights there.

This is where I need your help. Please let me know if you would like to host an event like this. You will need to invite people/friends/colleagues/clients/friends of friends, in short, people who love wine and want to have some fun, open up your house (or find an alternative venue) and I will be the entertainment. I’ll bring the wine and glasses, present a tasting on the  BLANKbottle wines now selling. We could taste anything between 7 and 10 different wines on the night. I have my own style when presenting these tastings. You see, BLANKbottle is a mere bottle imitation of myself and my life up to now. I’ll tell you everything, yes, everything! My life before and my journey within wine. The lows and the highs with the wine as your tour guide. If you understand where I come from, you"ll understand BLANKbottle.

Most nights start out quite respectably with everyone on best behaviour, but it normally ends in a radical, chaotic fashion. Some nights even start chaotic, like the other evening in Bryanston, and later completely goes off the rails. It’s about having fun, being honest and learning about wine and making it a part of your life - simply enjoying it without the pressure.

See again below the 2 weeks planned:

17 October 2011 – DURBAN – Still open

18 October 2011 – DURBAN – Still open

19 October 2011 – DURBAN – Still open

20 October 2011 – DURBAN – Still open

21 October 2011 – DURBAN - BOOKED FOR TASTING in Umhlanga

26 October 2011 – JOBURG – Still open

27 October 2011 – JOBURG – BOOKED FOR TASTING in Westcliff

28 October 2011 – JOBURG – Still open

29 October 2011 – JOBURG – Still open

30 October 2011 – JOBURG - Still open

To book a night e-mail me: pieter@blankbottle.co.za - If these nights don’t work for you please book a date in advance that could and we can plan things from there.

I look forward to hearing from you!

This is the response of my first clients to buy wine from Roland , in Germany and having it delivered within one day to their home. Thanks Roland for great service. You can contact Roland here:

Roland Buß, Winescout / Chief-Visionary-Officer (CVO), Barloer Weg 54, 46397 Bocholt, E-Mail: winescout@wine-projects.de, Telefon: 02871 - 23 66 570, Handynummer: 0049 151 525 86 186 http://www.winescouts.de

Hi Pieter

Just sitting here on the terrace enjoying a bottle of "moment of silence 2010" and we are extremely happy - a day we craved for months.

After your latest email, Guido got in contact with Winescouts and ordered an assortment of your wines, which had been delivered the next day. Absolute perfect service :-)

All the best to you and your family.

Kind regards,

Bettina & Guido

Although this is an out-of-competition-post I would like to take the opportunity to a) stay in contact and b) share the experience I had when visiting Lanrust Farm.

Living in Germany and planning a vacation in South Africa in November 2010, we read an article in STERN magazine (the biggest weekly in Germany) about an interesting winemaker nearby Somerset West with an unlike idea for his products. In those stories the words "different", "peculiar"and "a young wild" are a must-be-ingredient in today's wine columns but this guy was was truely special and our curiosity was provoked.
So my wife Bettina managed to get an appointment for the two of us with Pieter during our stay in South Africa and after having cruised a moderately maintaind farm lane, meeting some very helpful and friendly locals in order to put us back on track we made it to the home of BLANKbottle.

We already had six or seven wine tastings before in the area and very soon we learned that here it was in fact "different". No shine but wine!
The upcoming two hours of wine experience changed our approach to it completely. Pieter lead us deep into the world of viniculture and we were really carried away by his enthusiasm and his love for wine. Listening to his philosophy was irresistable and contagious leaving us with the problem that BLANKbottle is still only available for the chosen ones living in South Africa. Until now, but we're hopefull (Pieter, thanks for the good news!).

Ahm, yes. A song of praise but really something I wanted to say!

All the best to you and for your plans for Europe (very selfish!)
best regards
Bettina & Guido

Thanks for the most awesome, refreshing presentation of your wines..

So unpretentious, informative and really interesting!

... and they all tasted "expensive" to me :-)

Amazing wyn, weet nie hoekom nie, maar klokslag, na die 8ste glas, begin die wereld skielik sin maak…

Firstly happy new year for 2011, I hope it is blessed with great grape growing conditions and easy pickings. It was great to arrive in Sedgefield with 12 bottles of Blankbottel awaiting consumption and enjoyment! First time I got into the educational range, the Grenache was great my wife loved it. Very accessible and certainly different on the palate. My favourite was Batavia.

The White Black was enjoyed on Christmas day with marinated grilled prawns, a top wine and with the structure to support the rich food. We enjoyed a glass or two without food to fully appreciate the winemakers effort.

Looking forward to your offerings for this year!

Regards

Carl

CONGRATULATIONS on well deserved recognition for all the work and passion U put into producing those stunning wines and the ones still to be released.

Platters has supporters and detractors but in my opinion any winemaker worth his salt cannot afford not to be in Platters. If one picks up a bottle with a label that is unfamiliar, there is only one place to find information and contact details and as long as U know that the star ratings in Platters are often subjective, then U know how to use Platters.

The only problem I have with moment of silence is that it is too good. I have served it at a few dinner parties and it has been enjoyed way too much by our guests. Everybody has

commented on what a great wine it is and have unfortunately for me enjoyed it too much and in the process rapidly depleted the small stock I ordered from you. I therefore would like to order another 2 cases please.

Regards, Wayne

We both enjoyed the Moment of Silence. Lovely minerality on finish, full bodied, chardonnay comes through nicely.

Great blend.

Ek en my dogters is besig om deur die “Education” reeks te werk en geniet die reis.

Groete

Manne, ek't ongelukkig nie nou tyd vir detail nie, maar gaan net 1 ding nou se: ek en Jeanne-Mare en nog 2 wyn entoesiastiese vriende van ons het die voorreg geniet om Saterdag aand die "Black" saam te sample. Die venue was Marc's in Paarl en ek't Marc, die sommelier, self nader geroep om saam die wyn te proe (ek en Marc het albei gevoel dat generous decanting die wyn gaan bless, en dit het toe ook). Man oh man oh man...Albert, ek't saam't jou, Jacques en Jeandre van die basiskomponente geproe destyds en wat 'n magnifique simfonie vorm die druiwe saam. Neus nog effens skaam, maar na decanting kom die spice en sout deur en dit volg kragtig deur op die palet met Swartland vrug en Terroir..en die finish..rediculous!!! ek proe die ryk, ryp bseeie en sout nou nog! so ja, dit linger pragtig!

Welgedaan en dankie.

Vraag: is daar limits op bestelling? (okay, kan net 6 of 12 bekostig , maar mag ek soveel koop?)

Vrede en groete, Anton

Ek wil jou graag gelukwens met die uitstekende aanbieding by UJ vanaand. Die mense het aan jou lippe gehang en terselfdertyd die wyn ongelooflik baie geniet. Een van ons lede, ‘n groot wynkenner, wat enige wyn kan koop en sy wyne ken, het vir my gesê dit was die mees opwindende wynproe wat hy nog beleef het. Die opkoms na die tyd by Picobella Trattoria was ook buitengewoon, omdat almal die aand - en vir jou - so geniet het.

Ek hoop die aand was vir jou die moeite werd. Ek kan jou verseker jy het ‘n hele paar ‘fans’ bygekry!

Net ‘n vinnige mail in weer dankie te sê vir die wynproe gisteraand. Dit was nie net pret nie, maar ook ongelooflik leersaam. Dit is die eerste keer wat ek ‘n blend kon proe en direk daarna die individuele wyne wat die blend op maak.

Alle sukses. Ons sal definitief by jou begin wyn koop.

Marlette

Ja, jy het my nou eintlik voorgespring, want ek wou nog vanoggend vir jou bedank vir die uitstekende proegeleentheid. Ek dink ons klub het lanklaas 'n proe so geniet, en ek hoop jy kry 'n paar kliente by!

Johan

Pieter dit was ‘n plesier om na jou te luister. Jou storie is inspirerend en jou wyne was vreeslik lekker. Dit is werklik ‘n rare plesier om te sien hoe iemand hulle passie vir ‘n ding uitleef en ek hoop dat daar nog baie jare se vreugde in wynmaak vir jou voorlê.

Gisteraand was inderdaad ‘n wonderlike belewenis  - nie net met jou aanbieding van die wynproe nie, maar ook jou fantastiese ondernemingsgees en deursettingsvermoë. Jou wyne is puik en ek is mal oor die konsep van jou bemarking.

Vriendelike groete en voorspoed

Hannie

Dankie vir die lekker 'uit die boks' proe.

Groete, Suzanne

Just to complement you on your great wines - we have had the "Spaniard", "Batavia" & "Grenache" and we have been very impressed by all of them - without getting headaches!.

Best Regards,
Mike

Yo Vineyard Gringo
Sorry for the delay…had a laptop problem so for more than a week, had internet and email solitude…what bliss….but what catch up.
Shit, how was the football… a month of too much wine, chips, biltong and some amazing skills.

Your boet…what a talent…what a great video. I loved the photo collection idea.
The face morphing sequences gave a good history of Pieter…who he is, that irrespective of changes the core still stays true….from clean shaven innocence to breaded maturity.
What I did miss was Pieter the stoetgat…the twinkle in the eye…the let’s get up to some mischief visuals.
And I think you could have carried on with the voice over. Once we got to the cellar shots the voice had disappeared. I wanted to hear more,( following the visuals) your philosophy on how you tackled the cellar process, how you sold yourself to an audience, what you had to offer in the wines, etc.

Great visuals, funky editing, appropriate music and relevant script… shit hot video…well done to the Walser boys.
Nice one Bru
Hans

MENS BEHOORT JULLE BOETIES TE KLOON. BAIE GELUK MET ‘N PUIK MOVIE. TROTS OP JULLE. SEëN OP DIE PAD VORENTOE.
E*

The movie is brilliant. It has a great touch of artiness and creativity.

It seems like you are living your dream. That's a great thing to see.

Keep on going...

Quite the filmstar! That was a great wave you caught there, and you did it all by yourself - no stunt men involved! And the way you promoted the wine was very nice - though you need to trim your beard perhaps - you are beginning to look like a Taliban operative!

Blessings and love to Aneen and Luca, and of course yourself,

Its GREAT!!!!
I would love to have a movie of myself like yours. It does explain your wine philosophy and I relate to this

I also like your website – excellent. If I ever decide to do a website again I will ask you who did yours

Cycle safe

Groete
John

Die video clip van julle laat my dink aan die “Thirsty Traveller” wat my vrou op TV kyk. Julle albei is baie ingenome met julself as daar alkahol in die omgewing is.  Ek dink dis ‘n treffer en jy kan baie trots wees op dit wat jy die afgelope 6 jaar bereik het met Blank Bottle konsep.

Wil net se ek hou baie van jou clip op jou site! Het gister ook die voorreg gehad om jou op RSG te hoor praat – jy het baie goed oorgekom!

Sterkte met jou exciting journey!
Johan

I think your movie does a good job of capturing who you are….or what I know of you.

You can’t go wrong!!! All of the best

Kind regards

Chantal

Veels geluk met die wonderlike geleentheid om al die verskillende variëteite afsonderlik te kon proe, asook The Spaniard. Ons hele groep van 10 wyn entoesiaste was ongelooflik beïndruk met al die wyne. Die Mourvedre en The Spaniard het die meeste bewondering uitgelok, met elk ‘n gemiddelde 17 uit moontlike 20 punte – en ek wil vir jou sê dat ‘n hele paar van die klompie uitsonderlike wynkennis het. Die Grenache het by ons 16.4 gekry, die Cinsaut 15.2 en die Carignan 14.3. Almal was dit egter eens dat die wyne vir die prys uitsonderlik was.

‘n Interessante opmerking/ bevinding van Gert Kruger, voor wie se kennis ek sprakeloos staan, was dat die Mourvedre wat jy afsonderlik gemaak het, nie dieselfde een is wat jy gebruik het in die versnit nie. Is dit so?

Meeste van ons behoort ook aan die Universiteit van Johannesburg se wynproeklub. Daar is genoem dat jy dalk, indien jy kan , vir ons ‘n proe kan kom aanbied by die universiteit in die toekoms. Jy sal waarskynlik van Johan Coetzee, ons voorsitter hieroor verder hoor.

Beste wyngroete

Tilla van Vuuren

Many thanks for the wine, I thought all of your red wines were superb and in particular the Spanish.

I have certainly been selling your praises to a few restuarants as they struggle with the "blank" name which elicits questions.

Pity you have not reached the UK

Regards

Derek

DANKIE PIETER, BAIE INSIGGEWEND.
EK BESTEL GOU WEER WANT EK GENIET JOU PUIKWYN.
STERKTE EN GROETE.
ESTHER

Wine was delivered five minutes ago, thanks for the super prompt service.

Best regards, Rick.

First off, what a great wine! I felt compelled to buy the bottle because I was so intrigued by what you are doing. My friends - who are wine buffs - and I really enjoyed it and so were very pleasantly surprised.

Secondly, I'm a marketing consultant, and as such I love the way you're raising my interest and then grabbing my contact details and now you're talking directly to me - a converted customer!

Brilliant idea.

You have a fan in me.

Regards

Hilary

Thanx for a fun exercise and for including me in it.

Great value at that price,keep up the good work

bobby

You were a wow last night at SW Club – we all enjoyed your company, your wine tale and your sense of humour/fun…you will go far, in your (very) funny sort of way….

Yes please, please add us both to your data base.

Cheers and thank

Michael

Was very impressed with your talk last night, and what Clive Francis said when he thanked you was very true. Ya please add me to your data base and let me know what you have available I really liked The Spaniards ? and would like to order at least a case The white we tasted was also very nice
Regards

Jan

Great wine tasting this evening. A breath of fresh air in a very conservative industry.

Trevor Pearman

 My dad was baie chuffed met sy birthday wyn, en nog meer chuffed to jy die volgende week in die Sunday times verskyn het.  well done, jammer dat die tv ding nie vir jou meer airtime gegee het nie.  ek sien uit na die wyn proe. 

After telling my clients about the Woolies deal, I received massive feedback. See below:

WHY NOT HERMANUS WOOLWORTH? Congratulations and we will look out for your wine - pity we have to drive over the pass to get some!!Well done!!

Great news about Woolworths putting your wine on their shelves, All glory to God. Love to hear the story behind the deal.

Boet it is huge. I know you want to keep it personal, but linking with Woolies is a serious deal. Now you have to balance how to keep being a rock star with being a corporate winner! A good prospect to have. Congrats again mate.

"Congrats, Pieter. Wel gedaan. Jy verdien die sukses met jou fantastiese wyne! Up, up and away from here on out."

Thank you for your email, and congratulations! May you go from strength to strength. Blessings to you all,

Awesome news and a great Congratulations to go with it.

Good for you! I will try Woolies and order again soon!

Well done and congrats! Still wish you would get a heavy chardonnay in your range!

CONGRATULATIONS !!! this is absolutely wonderful (even if the 'chosen ones' will now have to share the secret). I will definitely get some at Woolworths. Congrats once again & let it run...right in the bottles..

Just spent 30 minutes on Youtube catching up on your videos. LOVE DIT! Ek’s nou so dors vir ‘n glasie… as ek net nie swanger was nie… hmmmm! Congratulations

Ongelooflik bly saam met jou/julle!!! Geniet die dag, en dit wat gaan uitvloei uit dit uit! Lekke lekke

Congratulations Pieter. ‘Way to go!

ALEXA and BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN will soon be house guests.

Spokie, het Youtube besoek en ai ou, dis sommer net epic!!! Well done meneer ek is flippen bly vir jou en celebrate dit sommer net saam met jou!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mixed feelings about this. Great that Woolworths have given you the nod but hopefully they aren't going to kill it with the price. Would be nice if Waterstone was added to your list? Enjoyed your article in weekend paper, good review.

Carel het jou woolies-mail na my toe aangestuur, my kaak sleep oppie grond rond! Sjoe sjoe sjoe, kyk net die Here se guns oor jou lewe, dude! Wou net seg – well done! En as dit enigsins vir jou iets beteken – ek’s geensins ‘n wynvlieg nie, carel kry my baaaaja stadig inie rooiwyndinge in, mar na ek jou Spaniard geproe het, was ek helemal hooked :) Baie blessings vir jou en A enni kids, kyk mooi na julself,

First off would like to congratulate you on getting Blankbottle into Woolies, I know a very hard thing to get as I have had previous clients who also went down the line.

wow, pieter, dis amazing!!!

BAIE BAIE geluk, dis great om te sien hoe die Here jou besigheid en passie seën! ons moet plan maak vir 'n kuiertjie een of ander tyd...

I just wanted to say Congratulations.

I will be running off to Woolies ASAP.

Congratulations Pieter, hope this turns out to be something very big for you.

Excellent news!! Congratulations. Looking forward to picking up the vino at the local woolies!

Pieter congrats.U must be very proud of yourself. Enjoy. Love

Baie geluk Peter, jy verdien die eer wat jou toekom!

Wow!! Dit is fantastiese nuus! A big congratulations to you! What an achievement! Enjoy every moment of your fame!

EPIC!!!!!!!!

Baie geluk! Nou moet jy net Woolworths in Stellenbosch Square kry om dit ook aan te hou.

Pieter you are truly blessed, this is a positive coup! Your brand has done so incredibly well, it just seems to go from strength to strength! God is great!!!

Well done! Baie opgewonde v julle!

You're a legend. Watched you from the start (Bus Warriors), great to see you cooking. "Always paddle out!"

Congratulations on this achievement. It must be a great step for you. I however feel a bit sad. It feels like 'our family' will now be everybody's business! Hehehehehe..... Will the price be affected? Is Woolworths pushing the price up and will these wines still be available directly from you without the markup? Or is part of the deal with Woolies that those botles will only be available through them? Just wondering.

Congratulations. This is no doubt a testament to your passion and skill as a wine maker. Even though they are a big corporation it is no doubt a feather in your cap! Well done. I will go and source a bottle of the Boss this afternoon.

Baie geluk Pieter, ek het vir al my vriende wat wynliefhebbers is aangestuur en hulle motiveer om na die tyd direk van jou wyn aan te vra. Hoop besigheid kom so in vir jou.

Baie geluk Pieter. Bly om te sien die meeste Woolies winkels rodom my in Pretoria sal dit aanhou! Mag jy nog vele verassings soos hierdie kry! Met jou kwaliteit teen die pryse wat jy die wyn beskikbaar stel, verdien jy dit dubbel en dwars!

Absolutely fantastic news! Love your short films!!! Love the Parlotones and good compliment to your wine films, both unique. I am sure that I will be one of the first purchasing your wines from Woolies. Still waiting to get Giant Mistake on the shelves but I suppose it will be worth the wait!

Congratulations, Pieter

I still remember you personally delivering my box of wine on a very hot day!

Congratulations Pieter, what a big feather in your cap. I am looking forward to our next trip to PE and a visit to Woolies in Greenacers, unfortunately our Woolies in Port Alfred does not have a wine section (yet).

Congratulations – we are sure to support you via the Woolworths avenue – well done!

Well done Spooksters! Het geweet jy gaan hom deurdruk toe ons al maande terug gesels het hier in my kantoor. Baie geluk met die deal.

That is absolutely AWESOME!!!!! Congratulations! And best of all, my tiny local woolies is on the list. May you continue from strength to strength.

well done pieter.. dis vrek impressive en wel verdiend! Eks baie bly vir jou

Well done, Pieter!! What brilliant news. I will definitely look out for you in WW, and gladly smile with you when I see you there! And buy a bottle to proudly take to a dinner party to show u off! J

Dear Pieter - you know we are a huge fan of yours and will make sure to give you feedback- you deserve the success - how do we get hold of the wines you made for the Parlotones -? Take care and say hi to your beautiful family ( including your mum and dad whom I have had the privilege of meeting)

Ek dink jy het hierdie netelige kwessie baie goed hanteer met hierdie boodskap.

Will definitely keep an eye out

Excellent! Congratualtions - you deserve it!!

We have tasted both the Eye of the Storm and 54.38 and enjoyed both very much. I like the Eye better and my wife prefers the 54.38 but both are very good - say 15/20 and good value for money.

Regards

Ernest van den Berg

Once again thanks a million for coming to speak to our club last evening,I'm sure just by the amount of comments and questions asked must of told you how much everyone enjoyed it.
I hope that some new business was generated too.
Kind Regards,
Gordon

Already received just after 10am this morning, thank you very much !
Impressive service guys, keep it up !

Regards, Susan Smith

Please pass onto Ian my feedback that these guys from BLANKbottle are brilliant. Wonderful to have such professionalism around. I have already forwarded his mail onto several contacts.

My old man just forwarded me one of your emails (to boast that he was being sent wine by you to sample). So I thought I'd have a quick look at your website to see how things are going, and ... well, I'm totally astounded.

I rememer like yesterday sitting around the dining room table at the Eksteens' house in Erinvale, when all you had were some unlabled bottles and a cheeky idea. To think that in the short space of time since then you have turned it into such a success is nothing short of inspiring. The webiste, the visa partnership, the press coverage and the award, it's all just so impressive.

Now I'm sure that behind the glossy vineer it has been nothing but hard work, and I know you've hit plenty of obstacles. But to an outsider like me, that only makes it more of an achievement to admire. So well done dude. I really hope it goes from strength to strength for you.

All the best to you, Aneen and Luca. And happy 2009!

Richard

I love the way you market. Thanks for the added inspiration.
Sure it will be another winner and I wish you all the best.

Grant

Your wines scored very well indeed in our tasting and the Walser/Malan was declared the Star Wine of the Night. Scring details attached and also details about the winemakers.There was a lot of interest in your wines and all our members intend to get onto your mailing list and support you in future.

SAINT MICHEL WINE TASTERS – SOMERSET WEST

BLIND TASTING SCORES OF SMALL PRODUCERS’ WINES BY 15 MEMBERS 28 NOVEMBER 2008

BLANK BOTTLE Midnight Call (Bordeaux Blend) 07           16.3
MOORDENAARSKOP Cabernet Sauvignon 05                   15.8
EUREKA Shiraz 06                                                                    15.5
VLEILAND TWO OF THE BEST – Shiraz/Cabsav 06          15.3
BLANK BOTTLE WALSER/MALAN Shiraz/Cabsav 06        15.3
VIA APPIA OUMA’S WYN Late Harvest Cabsav 06              14.9
PHIZANTEKRAAL Cabernet Sauvignon 05                          14.7
KLEIN ROOSBOOM Merlot 07                                                14.0
KLEIN ROOSBOOM Sauvignon Blanc 06                            13.9
VIA APPIA Red Blend 07                                                         13.0
HERMIT ON THE HILL Syrah 07                                           13.0
DE VALLEIJ Sauvignon Blanc 08                                         12. 9
SALTARE Chenin Blanc                                                         11.7 (Spoiled?)

Note: Each Blank Bottle wine is made in a limited quantity of 500 or less cases.In 2009 19 different wines will be released.

STAR OF THE NIGHT: BLANK BOTTLE WALSER/MALAN Shiraz/Cabsav
Great value for money at only R49 ( cheapest wine tasted) for score of over 15.

Ek het nou bietjie tyd gehad en toe na jou movies gaan kyk. Dit is briljant! Jy is 'n natural. Ek het dit rerig so geniet.
Robert, die musiek is excellent!
Groete J-D

Thanks Pieter.

Ihave ordered from your site a few times in the past and the service and quality as always has been outstanding.

regards

Mike

MAL OOR DIE VIDEOS

Anita

Thanks you so mush for helping to understand everything about wines as you patiently sending me e-mails for the whole year, I’ve been telling some of my friends about you, the way you explain, teaching, ect about wine they were very excited with all the news letter you are send me.

Kind regards

Thulane(Ronny)Twala

The wine has just been delivered and I was here to receive it. Many thanks.

We are thoroughly enjoying both the Miravel and the new red wines. Well done to Pieter.

Kind regards,

Kingsley.

Blank Bottle, the 54.38 Merlot/Cabernet Sauvignon 2007, it is DELICIOUS! We still have a bottle or two left, and once my clients have paid me this month (!), I think we must replenish our stocks...

Have a GREAT day! And please give our love to Aneen and Luca.

Blessings,

Tony

Baie geluk met jou verjaardag en met BLANKbottle. Jou online offering is regtig exciting. Well Done!

Hoeveel kos aflewering in Stellenbosch (Welgevonden).

Groete.
Siskha

 Enjoy your day and thanks for living your deam as I have benefitted through the wonderful wines you have shared with me since being introduced to your website (what a great day that was for me).

Kind regards, Gail Swartz

Happy Birthday !!!! Hope you enjoy with a good bottle of blank !!!

Im very impressed with Moment of silence

Regards, Paul

Happy birthday for today. May God bless you continually as he has in the past and may your testimony bring Him all the glory. Blank Bottle remains my wine of choice, haven’t bought in a while but still have a couple of cases left over. Enjoy your day.

Best regards, Robbie de Jong

 I never ever got back to you regarding the wine-tasting I held a few weeks ago. All the members commented on the fine taste of the wines we tasted. The wine most liked was the Sauvignon Blanc 2006. On Sunday I had a few friends around and we cracked 2 bottles of the Walser Malan Alliance. Everybody, and that was 5 of us who had it, had very favourable comments on the wine. It was great.

Have a great day.
Regards, Philip

 Ek het die nuwe site omtrent geniet….jy is ‘n riem onder die hart – mens kry sommer lekker om te sien hoe positief jy die besigheidswereld stormloop.

Hoop dit gaan baie goed met die besigheid.

Anita

Wishing you a happy day and many blessings - continue living your dream...you can taste it in every BLANKbottle!
Warm wishes,
Di Gillespie

Congratulations on your birthday!

I opened my last bottle of the Kah-Shah(??) last week, when out to dinner with friends – it was awesome! This had to be followed of course, by an explanation of Blank bottle. Also still got a few bottles of the Mystery wine from the end of last year – that is very pleasant to drink.

Anyway, here’s to lots more happy imbibing with Blank bottle!
Cheers, Wendy Steytler

 Hi

Just wanted to tell you that your new red in my opinion is one of the best. It is full of flavor, complex and in my opinion has a strong soft palette.

Awesome, Colin

Die mense waarmee ek gepraat het was absoluut GAANDE oor jou wyn!
Regtig, ek se dit nie net nie. My ouers is gLAD nie wyn drinkers nie, bloot omdat hulle nie hou van die smaak van wyn nie, maar hulle WIL van jou wyn bestel. Ook die dame van Cadbury's, het gese sy wil by jou bestel.

Congratulations with your excellent marketing. I just watched the YouTube video (after having to seach for Blankbottle) and you really impressed me. Please send me a 12 bottle case.

Regards Ernest van den Berg

Delivered this morning!
Thanks for great prompt service.
Shawn
 

I intend trying the wine with a friend tonight and have instructed the office lady to transfer the money for you! Thanks for the prompt delivery, if it depended on you nobody will ever go thirsty.

Kind regards

Chris
 

Pragtige wyn, laat dink my aan Louis Latour!

Groete, Lourens

Hi Pieter,

Dankie. Gedink jy's in die wynbedryf, nou lyk dit vir my meer na die diensleweringskant!

Groete,

Lourens
 

Pieter,

Love the movie. I just had one made recently, but need to get it compressed for the web. Yours loaded very fast and smoothly-liked it. Keep grooving- ordering wines now- congrats on the VISA partnership- you in the big time now.

Kind regards, Shem Compion

Hi Pieter

Jy stel ’n goeie voorbeeld vir alle Suid-Afrikaners – jy sit en wag nie vir dinge om te gebeur nie, jy maak dit gebeur! Geluk met jou vennootskap met Visa!

Ek hou van jou webtuiste. Die videos is ’n briljante idee en the musiek is net so “catchy” soos jou wyn. Hoop Giant borg ten minste jou videos

Groete
Joep

Hi Pieter,
WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!
I wish you all the best for the future, you deserve it!!
My best regards,
Ian.
 

Inspirational - all glory to God hey!

Blessings,
wil
 

Hi Pieter,
I just loved the video!!!! A GREAT idea!
Can I bring along my mountain bike and cycle with you? But I have a GT Zascar
I think this idea of taking us up to the vineyards and tasting the wine and giving us some idea of what you taste is fantastic
Now I may even get my wife going up to the computer. She always gets frustrated in not knowing immediately what wine we are drinking - but thats the fun

Recently I went to a wine tasting and two of the guests a wife and her husband were very eloquent about the wines, being able to taste the different varietals that made up the blends saying the one must have been an older wine! I was very impressed, until one of the bottles we tasted was corked and this was not spotted!!
VERY easy tasting when one is able to read the label
One day we will meet and share a bottle of wine

best of luck with this project!!
Apparently you know a colleague of mine and he mentioned the "movie" Now I understand.
Frans Kruger

Groete
John

IMPRESSIVE WOW!!!

Ek het drank afgesweer, maar jy laat hierdie wyn so lekker klink, ek sal maar weer moet begin drink!!!

Tannie Berds xx

Baie geluk Pieter - dit lyk regtig baie goed.

Pieter, jou doring!!!

Die site lyk awesome en die movie is great.

Groete
Jaco

Hi Pieter

Many thanks for the payment, I watched your movie really great I had to go and open a bottle of wine after watching it, however I think I need some tasting lessons from you.

Ps I am in the market for a new mountain bike any great deals from Giant available.

Cheers

Peter
 

Hi Pieter

Awesome, you are brilliant and I love the work that you do. I always use you as an example of how people should be, passionate!

When is the eye of the storm being released?

Colin

Dit kook ou!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dit is kick-ass profesioneel.Ek love dit en weet die nuus gaan vinnig spread!!
Ek het reeds aan paar gefwd.

Gawie

AMAZING...my mind was lanklaas geblow...well done. Die harde werk die 14dae van shoot het duidelik afgekom.

Ek(Ons) is MAL impressed

Ongelooflik

Cheers, F
 

Dankie vir Saterdagaand by Koos se huis - ek het in een aand meer van wyn geleer as die vorige 41 jaar saam ! Ek sal nou by jou begin koop.

Groete

Christo Nel
 

Hallo Pieter

Baie dankie vir jou moeite Saterdagaand.

Die terugvoer is baie positief en ek dink almal het jou passion vir wyn, eerlikheid en humorsin baie waardeer. Helen het haar 'Moment of Silence' baie geniet en sien uit na haar bestelling (soos die res van ons!).

Ek sal vir jou die foto's aanstuur sodra ons dit uitgesorteer het.

Weereens BAIE dankie vir 'n lekker aand en alle sukses met jou besigheid.

Groete

Sonja

I try to present as many wine tasting events as possible. The client provides the venue as well as the crowd. I supply the wine. See some photos on recent tastings.

Anriette organised a fascinating wine tasting evening at Pachas restaurant in the heart of Pretoria

Some years ago, Peter C. introduced us to Blank Bottle, a small selection of wines made and offered for sale by Pieter Walser, a young, very enthusiastic wine maker from Stellenbosch. He only sells from his website, or direct e-mails, and sends out a regular interesting e-mail about something that he is currently doing. One such e-mail said that he would be in Jhb. for a two week period, and he was offering a free wine tasting to any of his customers in the big smoke....

My wife, Tina, and I jumped onto the idea, put together 34 of our close friends, made a Big pot of Hungarian Goulash....to ward off the cold, and a ratatouille, followed with a decedent chocolate mousse (that is fast becoming famous), and had Pieter and his helper, Louis, entertain us through the evening with eight wonderful wines that he had brought with him! We finally packed up at about 01:30 Saturday morning...everyone leaving with a goody bag of two of the wines, and some of Tina’s awesome bath products, covered by the R120 per person that we charged to guarantee attendance! I believe that everyone had had a great evening!

I can happily say that Pieter walked out at least 15 customers richer, one of which may turn into some sort of corporate contract....after having an interesting, interactive and fun evening! The total investment to him was about 24 bottles of wine at cost, and some transport costs!!! What a successful marketing method for his very good product!!

For anyone interested, Pieter’s web site is: http://www.blankbottle.co.za

Just wanted to thank you for a wonderful evening – we enjoyed your company thoroughly and we were very grateful that you were polite enough not to spit our wine out!!!

We’ve always enjoyed your wine and I believe that in order to truly enjoy a wine it is important to know and understand the winemaker. We look forward to your next releases.

I will send you some pics over the weekend that document the wonderful adventure we have had so far with our wine making – in years to come I am sure we will improve.

Kind regards from all of us from the Great Oaks (St. Andrews) winery!

As discussed earlier, I was concerned about having to buy a case and not liking it. But you have cleared up my concerns and if the Moment of Silence is anything to go by, I hope to taste many more of your wines in the future.

Great meeting you and a most enjoyable conversation.

Regards. 

Sandi Tomlinson

Hi Pieter

Brilliant stuff - I love the concept and would love to write about it - please send the press release!

Thanks - I hope it's all going well - South Africa needs more innovative wine brands like yours!!

Brendon
 

Thanks Pieter! You and your concept are amazing!

Take care and chat soon!

Linda

Pieter

Many thanks for a fantastic tasting. It was great to have a presentation from somebody who is so enthusiastic about what they do. As you worked in Alsace when can we expect a Riesling/blend?

Regards, Carole

The wine was delivered on Friday. Haven't had a chance to sample any yet but thought I'd tell you that the level of service I've experienced with this transaction is by far the highest I have encountered on the web or in a bricks and mortar establishment.

Mike

Hi Pieter,

Have rec’d the two cases of BACK TJ and LUCA and have sampled both , twice, and so feedback time.

These are anything but “unpretentious” wines. They are both excellent and, to my well trained taste buds, the Luca has a slight. only slight edge over the TJ. I am very delighted with the wine and will certainly be ordering further in the future.

Well done on an excellent product at drinkable prices.

Best regards, Vernon.



Vernon C Liddiard (Dr)

Dear Peter,

Thank you for my email and waybill details. Assignment was delivered yesterday in good order and I now look forward to making sure that the two friends that receive 'free' bottles include me in their party when opening their bottles.

Many thanks for the great wine and the super efficient delivery service.

Regards, Basil

Dear Pieter

I am simply full of **** when it gets to wine - especially reds. I ordered a variety of your wines, LUCA (my sisters 2nd one's name), 747 and GRAPHE. Each one with an enormously individual character, and certainly with a distinctive twist of a careful winemakers care.

I have attended garagiste meetings, attempted my own wine, and consider myself as a novice wine expert! I taste what I can, and drink what's good...I drink mainly BLANKbottle.

After many years of searching for decent character wines at a decent price, I have found a haven of superiority....BLANKbottle is certainly it! Keep an eye open for my next order.

With all good wishes

Christoph Holzapfel

General Manager – Sanbona Wildlife Reserve

Hi Pieter,

I just wanted to tell you how impressed I have been with not only the wines you sent me, but with the entire interaction process with your company.

I first heard of you through Pete's Weekly; then a friend of mine had some of your wine at a celebration (he is also a Pete's Weekly subscriber). I was so impressed with the wine that I placed an order with you a few days later - then forgot all about it.

3 days later, I got home to find my wine waiting for me. I am staying with a friend and there was some confusion, as I had forgotten to tell the domestic to expect a delivery - and she didn't know my surname. Despite this, between her and the delivery company they sorted it out, much to my relief.

Although it was not the same wine I had tasted at my friend, it was equally as good! Thank you very much for a great product and a great service.

Regards,

Veronica Haupt

The only BOTTLESHOCK I've experienced is suddenly noticing I've only got two bottles left.

Jeffrey

It is a lovely smooth rich wine and we really enjoyed it. It would be a tragedy if we have now got hooked on a wine that is no longer available!

Please have another look in the back corner of the store - there might just be a few cases there !

Peter

We opened a bottle of your wine last night and it was absolutely delicious! Thank you again.

Tony

Deborah

We had our wedding a couple of weeks ago and served the wine I bought from you - it was delicious! Everyone I spoke to enjoyed it and I'm really happy that we bought some extra, I'm sure we'll enjoy it for many years to come.

Thanks for a great product!

Karlo

Having left the wine to settle down after its journey to Joburg, there is no doubt that you are on a winner. Really very enjoyable, an excellent blend, although Cab is my true passion…maybe that’s your next opportunity. If so, please reserve me a case…!

The very best of luck to your venture. I am sure you are swamped with e-mails, but only justified. Good luck to you and your team…

Roger