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Mischa
Mischa Estate is the latest 'hot' property in the Cape, winning a string of awards and receiving a 91 and 92 Parker rating for their Eventide wines. They currently produce top quality Shiraz, Cabernet and Merlot but they are also looking to experiment with other varieties. Shiraz in South Africa has come a long way in the last few years and those from Mischa are amongst the new stars. Mischa Farm has been in the Barns family for three generations, bought after WW2 by Kelpie Barns and his wife, ballet dancer Yvonne Blake. They ran a mixed farming operation and in the late sixties Kelpie started to graft vines on a small scale. Around this time the bordering farm of Eventide was also purchased. Their son, John, further developed the business to what is today one of the Cape's leading 'stokkies' nurseries.
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Mischa Estate is a family owned and operated company bought in 1947 by winemaker, Andrew Barn's, grandfather. He chose this Wellington farm because of its view of Table Mountain. The farm was named after his grandmother's Russian dance partner Mikael, in the Ballet Russe - Mischa is the nickname for Mikael. Mischa soon became the 3rd largest vine nursery in the southern hemisphere. Andrew makes great and creative wines. Each has its own character and personality. They are full of strength but with natural balance which comes with the soil and climate where naturally high acid levels combine with perfectly ripe fruit from top quality, perfectly healthy vinyeards - as you would expect from a nurseryman's son.
North of Paarl, in the heart of the Paarl Wine of Origin region, lies the small town of Wellington. Officially part of the Paarl wine region, Wellington boasts its own compact wine route and its own character. Wine growing conditions are excellent with soils similar to those of the rest of the Paarl region. Most of the vineyards are located on the banks of the Berg River to the west of Wellington - a hot, dry-land area eminently suited to the production of red wine. The majority of South Africa's vine-cutting nurseries are also found here.