Tim’s got love for you if you were scored in the 90s, the 90s…
“I always enjoy visiting the Cape – particularly at a time when the local wine industry is so exciting. I again tasted more than 1,000 wines this year and feel very positive about the future of Cape wine. I have been visiting the Winelands since 1990 and have always been a keen observer of your wines.”
Thanks Tim, we feel honoured and we look forward to the full report this week!
Adi and a whole list of really exciting South African winemakers will be in London this September showing some of their favourite wines.
You do not want to miss this one!
For more information, visit http://newwavesa.co.uk/.
In the heat of summer I showed Jade, a friend from Cape Town who writes for CapeTownEtc Magazine, around the Riebeek Valley. Her story appeared in the first issue of CapeEtc this year along with beautiful images by Kendall-Leigh Nash. 
Planning for the 2015 Swartland Revolution is on the go.
We have a poster
We have a programme (click click) and we have a date for ticket sales.
Tickets will go on sale at 8am on Wednesday the 1st of July.
They are R2950 each. Keep an eye on our blog and social media feeds for updates and more info on speakers, tastings and entertainment.
We hope to see you there, fools…
Let the countdown begin!
Every year Adi and friends host Spogwijn, sommar just for the fun. This year is no different and if the great wines by Adi, Sebastian Beaumont, Adam Mason and Tyrrel Myburgh is not enough reason for you to join, the venue next week is Bacon on Bree…
When Adi invited me he said, ‘post the invite online, if they are in the trade or they are hot they can come… but they HAVE to RSVP to Gareth…’
So,
In the trade? Hot? See you next week.
In die Maart uitgawe van de plaaslike Agri tydskrif gesels Cassie du Plessis oor familie wynplase. Dit maak ons baie gelukkig om as n goeie voorbeeld van n familie kelder beskou te word. En ons is almal mal vir die foto…
Every year Kalmoesfontein hosts this music evening on the terraces in front of The Old House as the sun sets in the late summer skies.
Proceeds go towards Samuel and Ana’s school in Malmesbury.
Wines from our cellar, food by The Southern Smoke.
Feel free to join us!
Today is the day, the Badenhorsts are on their way back to the farm; Jasper has boarded his flight home from down under; Kyle was here at 8am to drink espressos and ‘check on the cellar’; Fortuin is pulling out weeds in the veggie gardens and Yoliswa and Magrieta are working hard to get the place back in shape after I farm sat and entertained visiting friends the entire holiday…
Some pictures from my time ‘in charge’:
2015 is on the way, harvest is coming.
We salute you and hope for only good things and new adventures this year…
A happy holiday and blessed festive season to all our friends, family and fans.
We do it all for you…
Yes, that is Adi as Santa Clause, handing out Secateurs to big kids who have been good…
Samuel and Preston made the front page of this month’s Weg Platteland, summer swimming Swartland style (just yesterday I confessed my obsession with alliteration, see, I was not lying!)
Shot by Maree Louw, this cover makes us feel very ready for summer holidays.
While visiting the editors tried our new Caperitif and Swaan tonic water, I guess they approved as it features a few pages into the magazine.
Meanwhile, in the cellar we installed some new (well, Eben Sadie’s old is our new…) concrete Nomblot tanks – ou goed is hou goed. Exciting stuff, or as Jasper says “looks like a lot of work, they can’t exactly stay empty…”
And the cellar is still forklift friendly…
Badenhorst Family Wines 