Since 1928, when fifteen farmers founded the Calitzdorp Wine Cellar in order to export Hanepoot grapes, this cellar in the heart of the "Port capital of South-Africa" has offered choice products to discerning clients.
 
Exciting wines like Touriga Nacional can be tasted at the cellar. These wines boast with a new label on which the rare ecological phenomenon, the red hills surrounding Calitzdorp, appears.

Sunette Zaayman started in July 2010 as the new marketer and sales representative at Calitzdorp Wine Cellar. She is responsible for the marketing of the cellar, the wine sales in the Southern and Western Cape and managing wine festivals.

She studied Marketing Management for 3 years and enjoys working in the wine industry, as she has a great passion for wine and people. In her spare time she loves going out with friends or spending time with her family at home. She also enjoys a good glass of wine, complemented by good food.

Meet the tasting room personnel. Elsie Calitz is Calitzdorp Wine Cellar’s administrative officer - stock. Her main function is the admin of the stock produced and sold by the cellar, but she is always at hand to help with wine tastings and sales in the tasting room.

Her favourite wine from the cellar:
Calitzdorp Rosé – in her own words “I love the Rosé, it is fruity and not to sweet and not to dry.”

Fact about Elsie you probably did not know:
She bakes wedding cakes!

Meet the tasting room personnel. Lynette Faas is the face behind the wine counter at Calitzdorp Wine Cellar. Her duties include administration, presenting wine tastings and handling wine sales.  

Her favourite wine from the cellar:
The Calitzdorp Muscadel – because she has a sweet tooth.  

Fact about Lynette you probably did not know:
She loves to pamper people and do pedicures and manicures in her spare time.