Sadie Family Wines was founded by Eben Sadie in 1999, with the initial vintage release in 2000. Following a period as a surfer, in his youth Eben travelled and worked the world’s wine regions (including Germany, Austria, Oregon, California, France & Spain). Today Eben is considered one of the great preservationists and visionaries in the new generation of South African winemakers. He takes incredible care in the vineyards and everything is done by gravity and hand. Concrete and wooden open fermenters are used. The wines are matured in large, old foudres and or concrete casks with minimal intervention. The goal is to allow the wines show their truest character and sense of place. As Eben says ‘It’s a very pure way of producing the wine’.