The Wine Detective’s UK based Sarah Ahmed named her top five South African wines for 2010 and our Secateurs Chenin Blanc 2010 vintage made the list.
Also on the top five is neighbour Eben Sadie with his Sadie Family Palladius 2008 and The Foundry Grenache Blanc from bordering Voor-Paardeberg!
Three of the top five are from the Swartland, not bad…
Read the reviews and the entire article here…
Adi is another award richer, this time it is Neil Pendock’s Top Ten Personalities for 2010 award…
Adi shares this honour with nine other interesting local gentlemen (sadly, no ladies on the list), among others James Pietersen from Belthazar restaurant; retired KWV chairman Danie de Wet; Sandton restaurateur Alan Pick and Bartho Eksteen, Diners Club Winemaker of the Year.
How did Pendock make his decision? “when compiling a Top Ten Personalities for 2010, quotes are an obvious criterion…” and that is how Adi made the list:
Swartland winemaker Adi Badenhorst watching a table tennis match at &Union last week: “so this is what Capetonians do on Saturdays. In Malmesbury, everyone is working on their cars.”
Read the entire article, here.
The calendar year has come to an end and we are all off for a short break before the harvest starts…
Family portraits by neighbour Maree Louw, www.naturallightphotography.co.za!
It’s 10 days to Christmas and this year has surely flown by! This December Kim Hoepfl, wine expert at Woman&Home magazine, makes our AA Badenhorst White Blend 2008 her WINE OF THE MONTH>
Happy holidays, pick your wine right;)
David Williams picked a few wines for the festive season in The Observer – and our Secateurs Red blend will be next to the xmas tree this season as they get into the festive spirit.
Make sure you have a bottle of two close by, find out where to buy (clicky-click) or mail aabadenhorstwine@gmail.com to place an order that we can deliver to your door (in most major cities of South Africa)…
“Something like the gutsy, southern Rhône-style AA Badenhorst Secateurs Red Blend, Swartland, South Africa 2009 (£9.99, swig.co.uk) with its succulent mix of dark fruit and wild herbs…“
Or try a Chenin if you are having a summer Christmas under the African sun!
A pleasant review for our wines, and some great deals if you are in the UK, all in time for xmas!
Says the wine merchant:
“Not one to begrudge the southern hemisphere and it’s offerings I was pleasantly impressed with the massive quality in Adi Badenhorst’s Family Red 2006.“
and
“In a nutshell, if you’re thinking of buying a standard Cotes-du-Rhône for your everyday drinking – don’t. Buy Secateurs Red 2009 instead.”
Read it all here: http://blog.jnwine.com/post/Badenhorst-Family-Wine.aspx
Last Friday our wine was present in Swaziland when Ngwenya Glass launched their new range of glassware, designed by Reuben Riffel.
This is a collection of tableware that Ngwenya has been working on with top SA chef Reuben Riffel, the inspiration, Source SA, the design team and Boardmans, the marketing arm.
Read the article here: http://www.ngwenyaglass.co.sz/news.html
or some more listings of the event:
http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/pendock/2010/11/06/riffels-not-riedels-this-xmas/#more-6260
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