Hamilton Russell

Hamilton Russell Vineyards is a benchmark estate in South Africa’s cool-climate Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, just inland from the fishing town of Hermanus. Founded in 1975 by Tim Hamilton Russell, it was one of the southernmost wine properties in Africa and among the first to see the valley’s potential for fine wine. His son, Anthony Hamilton Russell, took over in 1991 and made a decisive shift: focusing the estate exclusively on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, a move that helped put both the region and these varieties on the…