Founding owner · 2026 vintage
Hemel-en-Aarde Estate
Hemel-en-Aarde, South Africa · from $290
Own a few vines
from $290
Buy a share of a lot by the vine — 5-vine minimum. Your bottles are allocated pro-rata at release.
Hemel-en-Aarde Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir
$78/vine · 1.3 btl/vine
Walker Bay Chardonnay
Chardonnay
$58/vine · 1.4 btl/vine
Valley Reserve Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir
$108/vine · 1 btl/vine
Or take the whole block
Your name on the block across multiple vintages — every call is yours. Reserve it with a fully refundable $500 deposit.
- Guest checkout — account made after you pay
- We farm it; you make every winemaking call
- Ships worldwide, or free pickup at the estate
- Secure checkout — payments powered by Stripe
The wines
3 lots enrolling at Hemel-en-Aarde.
Hemel-en-Aarde Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir
A Hemel-en-Aarde Pinot Noir is restrained and savory, with red cherry and raspberry over an earthy forest-floor note and fine, gentle tannins.
- Pairs with
- duck breast, grilled salmon, mushroom tart
- Serve
- Serve 14-16°C in a Burgundy glass; a brief decant lifts the fruit.
- Cellar
- Refined young; best in its first 5-9 years.
1.3 btl / vine
$78/vine
Walker Bay Chardonnay
Chardonnay
A Walker Bay Chardonnay is taut and mineral, with lemon and white peach over a stony, nutty depth and fresh acidity.
- Pairs with
- roast chicken, seared scallops, lobster
- Serve
- Serve at 11-13°C in a wide glass.
- Cellar
- Drinks well on release; holds 5-8 years.
1.4 btl / vine
$58/vine
Valley Reserve Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir
A single-block reserve Pinot Noir is deeper and more structured, with black cherry and plum over clove and an earthy depth and firmer tannins.
- Pairs with
- seared duck, braised lamb, wild mushroom risotto
- Serve
- Serve 15-16°C; a short decant opens the concentrated fruit.
- Cellar
- Structured; rewards 6-12 years.
1 btl / vine
$108/vine
What you receive
A year of the vintage, in your hands.
Samples all season
Verijuice, post-ferment, barrel, and finished wine — shipped as the vintage takes shape.
A vote at every fork
Pick date, fermentation, barrels, and where the blend lands. The real calls, with your input.
Watch it live
Livestream access to harvest at dawn, the cellar, and bottling day, from anywhere.
Your bottles at release
Allocated pro-rata to your vines, with the crew's name on the back label next to yours.
The place
Why the wine tastes like here.
- Region
- Hemel-en-Aarde, South Africa
- Soil
- Decomposed Bokkeveld shale and clay over weathered granite
- Climate
- Cool maritime, fog and afternoon wind off Walker Bay
- Elevation
- 100–350 m
- Wines enrolling
- 3 crew lots
Vine to bottle
You’re there for the whole year.
Jan
Dormant pruning
Feb
Cane tying
Mar
Bud break
Apr
Shoots grow
May
Flowering
Jun
Fruit set
Jul
Canopy
Aug
Véraison
Sep
Harvest
Oct
Cap punch
Nov
Barrel down
Dec
Barrel samples
Follow the season
The Hemel-en-Aarde growing year, by the numbers.
Weather is live and real, updated hourly. The season curve is typical for this region’s latitude and climate, replaced by your crew’s readings once farming begins.
74% humidity · wind 2 km/h
227 growing degree days · last 90 days
Last 14 days · high / low °C
7-day forecast
Sun
22°
10°
Overc
Mon
21°
9°
Overc
Tue
16°
12°
Overc
Wed
20°
9°
Overc
Thu
14°
10°
71%
Fri
14°
7°
Light
Sat
15°
6°
67%
Hemisphere
Southern
Right now
Dormant — between vintages
Harvest
April · ~255d
Target ripeness
~20°Brix
Winter pruning underway — cane counts set for the 2026 vintage
6h ago
Cover crop sown between the rows to feed the soil
2 days ago
Soil samples sent for analysis ahead of bud break
4 days ago
Crew forming for the 2026 vintage — first calls go out soon
5 days ago
Vines dormant; buds healthy after the cold snap
1 week ago
Sample activity. Your crew’s live feed from Hemel-en-Aarde appears here once the vintage begins.
BarrelLogicSeason progress
Typical · Oct–Mar
Typical ripeness
Typical · véraison to harvest
Beyond the bottle
Your vintage, end to end.
One vine, three rooms — own it here, steer it in BarrelLogic, and taste the wider world at BarrelTaster. It’s all one ecosystem.
SplitVineyards
Your vines at Hemel-en-Aarde and the wine they make — a few by the vine, or the whole block.
You're hereBarrelLogic
Track your vintage bud break to barrel — ripeness, the cellar, samples, and every winemaking vote — in the winery's operating system.
Visit BarrelLogicBarrelTaster
Not ready to own a whole vintage? Taste finished wines from across the world first.
Explore at BarrelTasterWhat you’ll actually decide.
We farm it; the calls are yours. Over the vintage your crew votes the real forks — tracked and tallied in BarrelLogic.
Pick date
Call harvest by the ripeness numbers and the forecast.
Fermentation
Whole-cluster or destemmed, native or inoculated yeast.
Barrels & oak
New vs. neutral wood, cooperage, and time in barrel.
The blend
Where the final wine lands — lot by lot, with the crew.
Buy with confidence
Owning a vintage, without the worry.
You’re among the first owners of this estate’s crews. Questions about delivery, duties, or how a season is handled where you live?
Talk to us firstRefundable block deposit
Reserve a whole block with a fully refundable deposit — no commitment until you decide.
Secure checkout
Payments are handled by Stripe. We never see or store your card details.
Real provenance
Your bottles are tied to your vines, with your name on the back label at release.
Ships worldwide or free pickup
We ship to you, or you collect at the estate for free — your call.
Questions
Everything you might be wondering.
No — check out as a guest. We create your account after you pay so you can follow your vines and manage shipments.
Make the Hemel-en-Aarde vintage yours.
Buy a few vines or lease the whole block — no account needed until checkout. We farm it; you make every call and the wine is yours.
Choose your vines — from $290