Hi All. Back at another Friday. They seem to be coming faster and faster as the year is going by. Things are great here and the weather has been fantastic. We are giving away something utterly unique and entirely special just for you this week, a Fynbos Walk for a group of up to 8 [...]
Uncorked is coming, are you ready?
Make your way to the picturesque Franschhoek Wine Valley, over the weekend of 4 and 5 September, for the unique spring wine meander, Franschhoek Uncorked. This multi-faceted celebration takes place on satellite farms throughout the Valley, and affords award-winning wineries – as well as the smaller hidden gems – the opportunity to ‘bloom’ as they [...]
Fynbos Friday 37: Mimetes Cucullatus
We are back on the floral track this week the Common Pagoda or Rooistompie in Afrikaans. We have just a handful of these flowering on the mountain at the moment and they make a spectacular display, so full of colour and full of life. The Sugar and Sunbirds are going crazy for these flowers at [...]
Bastille Reflections
Bastille has come and gone again, left us a little tired after a cracker weekend in the Hoek, but happy with what we achieved. We have found two nice mentions on the farm on some of the unique things we were offering here. Thank you to the two guys who were kind enough to mention [...]
Fynbos Friday 36: A celebration
I am sure if you’ve been following us on twitter and Facebook, you might have picked up that were fond of a few things other than fynbos and wine… Two which we are particularly fond of are beer and sport. Going into every bottle of Haut Espoir is an element of the team here on [...]
Bastille Festival This Weekend
Franschhoek’s Bastille Day Festival Celebration is happening again, and because of the winding down of the event that Fifa will not allow me to mention on a public website without paying them for it, we are sure that this year’s festival will be packed to absolute capacity. All the usual fun activities will be taking [...]
What is the best temperature to enjoy your wine?
Found this wonderful article over atWineTimes. Have a look at this amazing gadget… GN Dynamic Sources brings you an amazing tool that will enhance your wine drinking experience. It’s a Wine Temperature Guide. The PVC strip is strapped around the body of the bottle with Velcro and after a few seconds the LCD screen indicates [...]
Fynbos Friday 35: The Chacma Baboon
This week we venture away from the Floral side, and venture into the fascinating world of Papio hamadryas. I am very fond of Bobbos. We get a lot of them on the farm. Have a look see at our clip on Cellar visitors There is a massive troop that’s been entertaining itself in the sun [...]
This is home
It’s an absolute privilege to live where we do, which is something we never take for granted. There are moments every single day which catch us unaware and remind us of how magical this little slice of heaven is. Today we wanted to share some random images which Rob loves taking so much. A mere [...]
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