Liberty Wines' flourishing South Africa portfolio has been bolstered by the addition of A.A. Badenhorst Family Wines - a name synonymous with authentic expressions of the Swartland produced from exceptional sites with minimal intervention - and the expertise of Damon Quinlan, who joins the team with 20 years at the forefront of South African wine sales in the UK.
Tom Platt, Liberty Wines Chief Executive Officer comments_: "Adi Badenhorst was one of the leading lights of the Swartland Revolution and South African New Wave movement. As hands-on in the vineyard as he is hands-off in the winery, Adi has a personality as characterful as the wines he makes. From his 'Secateurs' range that punches well above its weight, through his layered and complex 'Kalmoesfontein' field blends, to his top tier Single Vineyard old bush-vine Chenin Blanc and Grenache, these wines are benchmarks for the region and, supported by Damon's knowledge and experience, we are thrilled to bring them to our customers."_
Adi Badenhorst says: "We would like to say a huge thank you to the team at Swig for all their great work over the last 15 years. We look forward to building on this in partnership with Liberty Wines and are delighted to continue working with Damon Quinlan in championing South African wine in the UK."
Damon Quinlan adds: "I'm delighted to be joining Liberty Wines, a company I have long admired and whose portfolio is outstanding. Their South African producers read like a 'who’s who' of the Cape wine scene and I'm particularly excited to be working with this illustrious group, most of whom are great friends. I have a picture from my first trip to South Africa of a fresh-faced Chris Mullineux standing alongside Adi Badenhorst outside Rustenberg Wines…it was 2002! It's a full-circle moment, having Adi and the A.A. Badenhorst family join the Liberty Wines ranks too, and I’m very excited for what all of us can achieve together."
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