by Carolyn Martin | Jan 29, 2026 | Uncategorized |
A year of energy, courage, connection and the power of love on Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge. Dear Friend of Creation, This lunar Year of the Horse feels deeply personal to me. I grew up on Stellenbosch wine estate Blaauwklippen between the ages of seven and seventeen,...
by Carolyn Martin | Jan 15, 2026 | Uncategorized |
By Ian Glenn I am belatedly reading Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Reveries of a Solitary Walker – part of a project on understanding the romantic view of nature. Most critics agree that in Rousseau’s last great work, the ‘Fifth Promenade’ chapter – based on the two months...
by Carolyn Martin | Dec 18, 2025 | Uncategorized |
Creation’s 2024 releases of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge have just earned a powerful endorsement from London-based Master of Wine Greg Sherwood, who describes Creation as ‘leading the quality charge’ with these premium cool-climate wines. His...
by Carolyn Martin | Dec 18, 2025 | Uncategorized |
There is a special kind of alchemy that happens when time, place and family come together in a single vineyard. At Creation, that story now has a new chapter with Glenn’s Chardonnay 2023 from Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge, recently recognised among Decanter’s top 12 South...
by Carolyn Martin | Dec 10, 2025 | Uncategorized |
Standing on the Hemel‑en‑Aarde Ridge at sunset, ocean breeze in the air, vineyards shimmering in vivid green across the undulating slopes and aspects at the foothills of the Babylonstoren Mountain, glasses catching the last light… 2025 has felt like a year of...
