FRAM
After 12 years at Boschendal Winery, Thinus Krüger decided to take his experience and direct his passions into another venture. Or, shall we say, adventure. Thinus started FRAM as a personal passion project with the intention of creating a wine that radiates almost as much personality as the winemaker himself. He makes a promise to “always sail into unchartered waters, to boldly search for whatever grapes lie behind the next hill, over the next horizon.” With FRAM, Thinus throws safety out the door to turn risk into reward, and it is this confident, audacious and intuitive spirit that makes his wines worth it. And his tremendous amount of talent certainly helps, too.
Thinus Krüger grows his grapes from a farm northwest of Clanwilliam, to which he refers as the “Here be Dragons” area of the wine map and creates a truly great wine. Thinus is embarking on an exciting journey with FRAM, and as the founder, winemaker and sole employee of the business, he’s encouraging you to join him.
He crafts some really exciting wines from 3 different regions in the Western Cape. His Chardonnay comes from the alluvial soils of Robertson, the Shiraz from the dry-lands of the Swartland just north of Malmesbury and the Flagship FRAM Pinotage from the remote Skurfberg vineyard (Citrusdal Mountain) planted to sandstone.
