Corlea Fourie joined Bosman Family Vineyards in 2007. She met Petrus in 2006 while making wine on a neighbouring farm having just graduated from Stellenbosch with a degree in Viticulture and Oenology. She joined the Bosman team just in time to bring the 2007 harvest into the newly renovated and refurbished Lelienfontein cellar and she has been here ever since. Corlea is well known in the industry for her love of Chenin Blanc and her thoughtful, innovative approach to making wine.
“For all this time I learnt, not only from the vines, vineyards and vintages, but from all the people that are part of my story too. The ones who rise before dawn, who know every row by heart, who sort, press, taste, market, sell and nurture with the same care year after year.
Harvest is never a solo endeavour, it’s a chorus of hands and voices and shared purpose. Two decades later, that rhythm is second nature, but the privilege of
working alongside the team, this community, never fades.
Grateful for the places I get to see, walk and taste. Grateful for the hands that shape it, Grateful for another harvest, another story.”