Ladera Artisan Wines

“To describe the beginning of my winemaking career would be to relive my childhood days of clipping harvest tickets with my father and clanking pots to scare pesky birds away from our ripening grapes still hanging on the vines, a task I longed for after too long a day on a school bench in harvest time.”

Charles Osche is the almost obsessively passionate winemaker of Ladera Arrtisan Wines – “artisan” because he believes that there is more to winemaking that following a scientific process. After having completed an agriculture degree at Elsenburg and 15 vintages locally and internationally, Charles joined his family’s business, taking over the fruit farm in Wolseley. It is here, in a vintage cellar, that Charles makes his wines, in as natural a way as possible, using traditional methods and taking the time necessary to produce these gems of exceptional quality. 

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