“It’s hard to describe how honoured and humbled I am to walk in the footsteps of some of the greatest names in the world of wine. The depth of knowledge and history within the Guild is immense; it contributes to the health of the South African wine industry in an incalculable way, hopefully, I can contribute to that over time.”
Graham Weerts is a Cape Town native, where he spent his childhood and the early part of his winemaking career. It was almost inevitable that Graham would pursue winemaking. It’s a career that draws upon his agricultural heritage and his love of the outdoors, while also offering creative outlets and an intellectual challenge. To him, no other product that humans make offers the complexities and artistic value of wine. It unites people of all cultures. As Graham likes to say, “few wars were started over a great bottle of wine.”
Graham began his career working harvests in South Africa, later moving from the vineyards into the winery as a cellar hand. Graham then spent a season working in Bordeaux as well as California’s Sonoma County. After obtaining his Diploma in 1996 at Elsenburg he worked at winemaker for a few smaller wineries.
By 2004, he made his way back to California to become winemaker for Stonestreet in Alexander Valley through 2014. Graham started with Capensis in 2013 in partnership with Barbara Banke (Jackson Family Wines) where he initially shared his time between Cape Town and Sonoma County, California. In addition to making Capensis, Graham oversaw vineyard operations for Jackson Family Wines.
In 2022, after several years of sharing time between California and South Africa, he returned to his birthplace to focus full-time on Capensis.
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