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 the farm on their blogs.

My Cape Town had this to say:

This was the first year that the Bastille Festival did not clash with the Knysna Oyster Festival which is great for those that enjoy both events (like I do). I’m not sure how this affected the attendance, but I believe it was the busiest festival so far.

It really was the most incredible weather the whole weekend. It was hard to believe we are still in winter. We then moved from the sunny outdoors to the barrel cellar where we tasted several wines direct from the barrel. This is always an interesting exercise, tasing wines at various stages of development and also comparing the impact of different types of wood on the wines. We were also treated to a taste of the as yet unnamed white version of the Gentle Giant. It’s looking very promising.

Then we got a mention on YmartinY for a similar experience.

We started Saturday with a cellar tour and ended it with another unplanned one at Haut Espoir with the Mr Gentle Giant himself treating us to a vertical tasting of his Shiraz’s.

We were Hustlin’… and so were the wines!

The private nature of the tastings we were doing and the ability to take people into the cellar which forms such a part of our lives is unique and stands out. This is personal to us and we like to share that with you.

Thank you to all who made the trip out to our corner of the Hoek, we look forward to seeing you before the next Bastille.