Dry Creek Vineyard has a long history of mentoring harvest interns, and the 2016 vintage is no exception. This year we have three spirited young men from South Africa helping with the monumental effort of crushing grapes, conducting pumpovers, shoveling out tanks, and any other task to assist the winemaking team.
Izak “Sakkie” Mouton is back in the Dry Creek Vineyard cellar for the second year, and we are glad to have him! He grew up on his family’s vineyard in Vredendal, South Africa, a small farming community in the Western Cape of Southern Africa. Sakkie studied Viticulture and Pomology at Elsenburg Agricultural College, Stellenbosch and has a love of music and art as well.
Petrie Mulder attended Elsenburg Agricultural College as well, studying Cellar Technology (Viticulture and Enology) as well as Cellar Management. When he is not in the cellar, Petrie loves playing sports, especially golf, cricket, hockey and rugby.
Emil Kluge received his diploma in Viticulture and Enology at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Wellington, and a degree in Agriculture Cellar Technology at Elsenburg Agricultural College. Emil found his passion for winemaking at an early age, along with a love of the outdoors and especially the ocean.
We thank them for all of their hard work and commitment to producing incredible Dry Creek Vineyard wines!