Harvest is done and dusted (lots of dust this year…) and last weekend we had our annual, infamous Harvest Party – Partyberg Oesaf.

Lambs on the spit for dinner (and later, pigs for midnight snacks)

Gin in the golden gangster’s gun…

and a view from above

The wine flowed, Jasper’s DJ Playlist exceeded already high expectation and the party continued way beyond the inconvenience of the generator catching fire…

Cheers to that!

Paged upon our White Blend in the March issue of House & Garden – good looking and tasty – you know it!

Die Swartland Independent Producers (SIP) se Wyn-, Kos- en Kultuurskou vind hierdie jaar in Malmesbury plaas. Op 2 April gaan die beste wyn en kos (en talent…) by die Skougronde in Voortrekker weg net buite die dorp saamtrek.

As someone who grew up in Malmes I have quite a few memories of Die Skougronde. I remember being a ‘trompoppie’ in grade one or two, walking in procession amongst the cow crap in white tomy tekkies and knee high socks with homemade blue tassels attached to them. Some years the annual Skou had go-carts which was super exciting and in the years before every little town in the world had a Chinese shop, this was where we would get our fair share of cheap plastic earrings and toys for the year. And, in 2002 my Rusk Recipe won a gold medal in the Tuisgebak devision of Die Skou. Just.saying!

SO, I am very happy that SIP will be taking the revolution to this ‘historical’ venue.

We hope you can join us there. Buy your tickets HERE.

Welcome to 2016.

Die eerste kussies staan in die wingerd, die temperatuur draai elke dag in (ten minste) die 30s en alles is droog – must be January!

We hope you enjoyed a blessed festive holiday season and have new and exciting dreams and plans for the year ahead. We had a very relaxing holiday and even got a new addition to the family! Adi’s brother Charl and his wife Semma brought a new Badenhorst Boy into the world today. Congratulations and good luck guys!

Here’s to a fantastic 2016, thanks for all the support and we hope to drink some good wine with you at some point in the next 362 days.

Bitter sweet. That was the feeling I went to bed with last night. Or like Adi said with a nightcap cup of tea in hand, “ek voel ligter, maar ook ‘n bietjie sad.”

On Monday the 16^th of November, over a few great wines, a sparkling chocolate mud cake for Callie’s birthday and a very short agenda, we came to the unanimous decision that The Swartland Revolution as we know it has achieved everything we wanted it to achieve.

Collectively the five winemakers, two event organizers, three dedicated wives and numerous other stakeholders that have brought you six fantastic celebrations of wine and all things Swartland, have decided that it has reached its end.

Please read the official statement from the founders by clicking here.

We would like to use this opportunity to extend our gratitude to every single person who has made these six celebrations possible. From the first year when 140 people huddled in the wind around Die Ou Pastorie, to the year we waved our cowboy hats in the air outside the town museum, that time some of you swam in fruit bins at the back of Mama Cucina and all the way through to when the police showed up geared for a riot last year and a few sneaky speak easy drinks in 2015.

Watch out though, we aint done shaping the wine industry anew just yet.

Platter stars seems to be on everyone’s lips.

Sorry if we didn’t have a press release about ours in your inbox the exact minute they were released, but please allow us a moment to brag, here, now.

On Thursday night the 2016 Platter Guide was released and we got not one, but two 5* wine awards as well as four 4.5 star wines. That is 28 stars, if I am counting correctly and you are allowed to accumulate them like that!?

Ons Family Wines Ramnasgras Cinsaut 2014 die pas vrygestelde Family Red 2013 maak ons trots met vyf sterre elk!

Our friends and fellow revolutionaries at Mullineux and Leeu Family Wines are once again SA’s Winery of the Year en alles is lekker in die Swartland vier dae voor die sesde Swartland Revolusie!

Hoop ons sien julle daar…