Bottling the first wine from The Vineyard at Klein Constantia

The Vineyard's F&B Manager Matt Dietchmann helping Klein Constantia winemaker Matthew Day fill the first bottles

The first bottles reach the guests below the bottling area

Matthew Day with Michael Bampfield Duggan and the first bottles off the line

The Vineyard GM Roy Davies with Neil Pendock, Inga Rix, Francois Malan, Norman McFarlane, Kevin Arnold and Ebbie McFarlane

Roy Davies with the first bottle

Matthew Day ensuring that the bottles are accurately positioned on the corking machine

Mike Bampfield Duggan, Wendy Masters and Inga Rix dipping the bottle necks in wax

A Vin de Constance mural in the cellar

Matthew Day and Roy Davies helping The Vineyard's owner Kitty Petousis dip a bottle

Neil Pendock, Norman McFarlane and Kevin Arnold

After the bottling, off to the vineyard to prune the vines, with a little Kaapse Vonkel to provide motivation

Waterford GM and cellarmaster Kevin Arnold tells the amateurs how to prune

and gives a demonstration

while Kitty supervises

Angela Lloyd and Ebbie McFarlane admiring nasturtiums and Swiss chard planted in an old pallet

After all the "hard" work, a delicious lunch

Roy Davies pours a glass for Myrna Robins

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