Malmesbury has had a visit from the circus, and the regular town clowns popped in to have a look (they say it is for the kids, but… look at those happy faces).
Eben and Adi and the snake show.
#TeamKalmoesfontein Brian, Keith, Fortuin, Gabriel, Molla, Dylan, Clarisse, Samuel an Yoliswa
newest residents on the farm… still too cute to start making bacon jokes.
The Peech Hotel in Johannesburg will be hosting its second Wine Festival on March the 9th – with participating estates: AA Badenhorst, Crystallum, Silverthorne, Thelema, Klein Constantia, Sutherland, Villiera, Tormentoso, Ladera, Arendsig, Lammershoek, Hermit on The Hill, Testalonga, Intellego & Mount Abora, Waterford estate, Jordan & Groote Post.
Join us for an afternoon of wine tasting in the grounds of The Peech Hotel.
Date: Saturday, 9th March
Time: 12h00 – 16h00
Cost: R120 (all profits to charity – Little Eden)
Wineries: there will be 18 different wine estate show casing their wines on the day
Entry: By advance booking only. Book tickets here
Busy making some photo albums to track the progress of Kalmoesfontein and thought these pictures would provide an interesting view at how far we have come…
When we acquired the property the old cellar buildings had not been used for over 70 years:
The Grade R’s from Samuel’s school in Malmesbury (where he is in the “big school” Grade 1 this year) came to help stomp some grapes on Kalmoesfontein yesterday.
Harvest is in full swing this week. The grapes wait for no-one and our flock of interns are working hard. This year we have three Americans (one female, two male), a local apprentice from origin wine and a Stellenbosch University student to help out in the cellar.
Last week we got a pretty cool mention:
London based chef Heston Blumenthal mentioned us among some of his (and our) favourite South African things, people and places.
“The new boutique wineries, not least the winemaker Ken Forrester, are doing super-concentrated chenin blancs that last for years. I’d say that’s the most exciting thing happening with the whites right now. There are also some fantastic Rhône-style reds. The winemaker Adi Badenhorst stands out and leading the group is Eben Sadie, whose top wine is Columella.”
Read his beautiful article on The Telegraph’s page, click here.
In other news: ADI SHAVED HIS BEARD OFF. I’ve known the guy since I was in high school and I have never seen him look like this:
Adi is taking part (as an outsider and proud Swartland representative) in the Bot River Beards challenge. Click here to see more and we will keep you posted on the growth.
As the Christmas decorations went down the back-to-school posters went up. Now the pink hearts, teddy bears and red decorations pop up everywhere in a clever attempt to market and sell love to us.
We’re not big on marketing gimmicks or Valentines (last year we spent the day with Jack Parow, nothing romantic about that) but, in the spirit of love and the ones we love we have decided to run a little competition in conjunction with our family members who make the amazing Prince Albert Olives.
We want you to show us some love, and in return we will give you some lovely products…
‘What can I win?’ I hear you ask
Well, we will give you 2 bottles of Secateurs (Red and Rosé) as well as a Badenhorst Family Red Blend (red and pink wine in theme with Valentines) along with two liters of Prince Albert Olive oil and two pots of their amazing olives (one Manzanilla and one Kalamata).
What do you have to do to win that?
The classic “follow us” (BOTH @aabadenhorst and @PAolives) on twitter OR like both brands (AA Badenhorst Family Wines and Prince Albert Olives) on Facebook.
Tell us what you would cook for your loved one, using PAO oil, and which of our wines you would pair with it.
Either tweet “I will serve my love xxx prepared w @PAolives paired with @aabadenhorst’s xxx #valentines.”
Or write something like that on our walls.
*by doing this you give us permission to blog the hell out of your ideas if/when you win.
Winner will be announced on Monday 11 Feb in order for us to get the prize to you by 14 Feb.
Go ahead, spread the love.
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Featured in the new issue of AWE Inspiring News – the “Winter 2012/2013” issue – is some interesting takes on South African Wine and the rise of Chenin Blanc (something that is close to our hearts.)
This is the cover (certainly NOT how things are looking in the Swartland at the moment!)
A look at chenin, especially in the Swartland:
And some interesting facts on SA wine:
Badenhorst Family Wines 