Stellar Organics

Stellar Winery, South Africa's largest producer of fine organic wines, processes just over 4500 tons of organic grapes for the South African and export markets. The grapes are drawn from farms straddling the northern boundary of the Olifant's River wine region and Namaqualand. This is an area famous for its spring flowers and is also the only semi-arid Biosphere hotspot in the world.

Situated in the Namaqualand hamlet of Trawal, Stellar Winery is privately owned, with the workers having a 26% shareholding in the cellar and 50% in Stellar Agri - a table and wine grape farming operation.

Well-known for its innovative approach, Stellar has achieved a number of "firsts" in the wine industry. It was the first organic winemaking operation in the world to gain the coveted Fairtrade certification and the first cellar in Africa to produce commercially viable no-sulphur-added wines. Stellar has subsequently become the largest producer of these wines in the world and is the number one organic wine brand in the UK.

The organic vineyards and winemaking process are fully certified by the internationally recognised Control Union Certifications, based in the Netherlands.

Stellar's Fairtrade certification has had a positive and sustainable influence on the local community as the Stellar workforce benefits directly from the global sales of Fairtrade-labelled wine.