Andre Van Rensburg

‘The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success’.If that quote could be applied to just one winemaker, it would be André van Rensburg.
The madman image has stuck with him for nearly thirty years. Frequently misunderstood, some might say that he suffers a personality disorder, particularly when, in conversation, expletives abound. Opinionated in the extreme, he remains, without exception, respected by his peers.
Success can be measured by the countless local and international awards he has enjoyed during his already long and distinguished career. Andre’s he has been the winemaker at Vergelegen in Stellenbosch since 1998. The farm is owned by Anglo American, whose primary business is mining. It is Anglo’s policy that all employees are obliged to retire on their 60th birthday. It’s a condition that Andre has been aware of since the start, but it was clearly not his intention to retire from making wine, hence the launch of these two wines, both sourced, from some of the best sites on the Vergelegen farm.