If you are in the George / Knysna / Plettenberg Bay / Mosselbay area – don’t miss the NLR Wines Trade show on the weekend of 16-18 August.
Nelmarie is our distributor for the Garden Route and will be pouring not only our wines, but wines from all of her wonderful clients.
We love a good competition in the Swartland, and if it involves meat and fire, all the more merriment…
This weekend we had the first ever Beat my Wors Paardeberg vs Kasteelberg competition on Porseleinberg.
Anton Espost’s “Swartland TRILogy wors” won, Adi calls it “Die drie eenheid van wors!”
Winning!
Lammershoek represent.
The Kents
Winslow’s Tavern in Wellfleet USA emailed me recently about getting more of our wines onto their winelist. I told Phillip we could do a little post on them stocking our wines and he went one better and did a post himself!
Not only do they stock our entire range but they also stock the Mullineux’s wines and soon will have Eben Sadie’s Columella and Palladius wines back on the list.
Great support for the Swartland from accross the seas. Thanks for the support.
Read their post and visit them for good Swartland wines if you are ever in Massachusetts.
Jenny Bahn from WOSA (Wines of SA) in the USA recently did an interview with Adi and made some great comments on our business, including this site (which makes me super happy!).
“Hein and Adi Badenhorst are as dynamic as their wines, having created a real lifestyle around their brand, as evident on their uncommonly lively website. There, they share news about their wines, photographs from parties and events on the property, as well as menu selections from their enviable weekend brunches.”
“The farm’s collective enthusiasm for both the art of living and the art of wine is infectious, its passion unparalleled.”
Read the entire interview here.
Another Wine of The Week feather in our hat from The Guardian.
David Williams reviews our Tesco Finest Chenin Blanc:
Tesco Finest Swartland Chenin Blanc, 2011 (£6.99, Tesco) South Africa’s Swartland region is one of the trendiest spots in the wine world and winemaker Adi Badenhorst is one of its leading lights. Tesco is therefore on trend with this budget Badenhorst addition to its wide-ranging Finest stable, a powerful white that, while not quite as intense as the pricier Secateurs Chenin I reviewed a few weeks back, is nonetheless full of tarte-tatin flavour and crackles with electric acidity.
Our rare and sought after Secateurs Rosé gets paired with vegan Potato Kale Cakes, and gets rated “Damn That’s Good.”
Adi recently attended a yoga class with Dawn, who writes on the Florida Coastal Cooking website, while he was in America. On the blog post she prepares the gluten free vegan meal and pairs it with the 2011 Rosé as well as Caballero De La Cepa Malbec 2010, from Argentina, supplied by our mutual friend Gregg at Broadbent Selections.
Read the pairing notes and get the recipe on the blog.
Most of our Rosé gets exported to the USA and we sold the last few cases we had during our Tasting Brunch Saturday this weekend.
On Saturday 26 May we hosted our first ever “Tasting Brunch Saturday”.
Adi’s cousin (always keeping it in the family) and her wine club from Cape Town came through with all their husbands, kids and questions. The morning was a great success and soon we will be hosting these on a regular basis.
Glass in hand we will guide you through the property.
After the rains there are plenty of Shaggy Ink Caps have sprouted up on the grass.
Kids will keep themselves entertained…
while adults enjoy a “cellar tour” Kalmoesfontein style.
Adi: “We don’t make a cap classic, that’s too wanky” – this is the Paardeberg Perle.
the menu:
farm breads and jam
eggs benedict on herb rosti with crispy bacon and hollandaise sauce
roasted ripe tomatoes and fesh herbs
waterblommetjie quiches
boerewors on the braai
tea and coffee
The Swartland will be sad to see you go (and vice versa)
To be informed of the next Tasting Brunch Saturday, make sure you are on our mailing list by emailing Helena at aabadenhorstwine@gmail.com
see you soon!
Adi wrote the (wine) introduction for Reuben Riffel’s new cookbook Reuben Cooks Local.
Over the long weekend our financial manager (the guy who pays all of us) Gerrie and his family visited Kalmoesfontein. Gerrie has a knack with a camera too and sent some lovely pictures showing that it is still far from Autumn on the farm.
And then we were at the Riebeek Valley Olive Festival this weekend, pouring some wine.
last photo with thanks to Di Procter.
The set-up…
Adi the entertainer…
We didn’t even have to hire entertainment, they just appeared to light up our night.
Eben (Sadie) doing (pouring) what he does best…
Jasper (or like someone said to me: “that guy with the sleeveless tee, that’s danced with every girl here”)
Plaas party pants…
We didn’t (need to) hire a pole-dancer either! Winning…
So there you have it, if your memory fails you, yes there was a crazy party in the bos on the berg… till next year, cheers!
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