He abandoned his career of accounting in Durban to become a winemaker.In 1983, with the help of his wife’s family, the McLean’s, Gyles webb bought Thelema. The begining of a familly legacy.

The manor house was restored and the first wines under the Thelema label were released in 1988. By the mid 90’s Thelema wines sold out within a month after release making it one of the most sought -after wine estate in South Africa.The Webb familly describes Thelema as ”one of the most beautiful places on earth”.

Francois Rabelais was a monk, doctor and writter in sixteenth-century France who imagined a utopian abbey on the banks of Loire. In stark contyrast to the religious orders of his day, this community admitted both men and women and encouraged them both to live together in a luxury. only one law governed its members: ” Fay ce que Vouldras”- Do what you want.
This was the abbey of Theleme, which ultimately lent its name to our vineyard on the slope of the simonsberg mountain: Thelema.

Discover here the selection of Thelema wines we have