Came across this great article here. We hoped you would be able to save the left over Haut Espoir somehow, but really now, is there ever any left? 1. Sangría If your wine isn’t very old, but you can start to taste the oxidation, add sugar. Sangría is a wine punch made from wine, fruit [...]
Fynbos Friday 46: Heritage
There is a reason this post is late. Friday was a holiday and Thursday was a bit of a write off (although a great day for Buchu Brandy). Today is another special here at Fynbos Friday in that we are celebrating heritage. Friday was Heritage Day across South Africa, where no matter what your background [...]
Wine Terminology 101
Found this great piece on the terms that baffle most of us. Acid/Acidity: Stuff that makes wine taste sharp. Also contributes to the bouquet and brilliance. Can have too much or too little. Acrid: Describes a wine with overly pronounced acidity. This is often apparent in cheap red wines. Aeration: The process of letting a [...]
Fynbos Friday 45: Lachenalia
These wonderful little hyacinths are always a pleasure to come across in the Fynbos. They are extremely delicate little flowers and are incredibly difficult to spot. Along with their difficulty to find in patches of think Fynbos, comes the difficulty to identify…please pop across to Wikipedia for a look at how many different species there [...]
Wine Times, a Haut Espoir Favorite
Wine Times is South Africa’s first wine news aggregator and we always enjoy the fresh content and easy style of reading on the site. They have been supporters of Haut Espoir and have even featured Nikey as a Hottie of the Week, once upon a time. From fantastic recipes to thought provoking articles on the [...]
Fynbos Friday 44: Reflection
It will be Fynbos Fridays one year birthday soon, so in ten weeks time we are planning something very special for the farm and our Fynbos Friday posts. It will be a post steered completely by you. Over the next few weeks it would be great if you, our loyal followers, on any platform, Twitter, [...]
Fynbos Friday 43: Tecoma Capensis
The Cape Honeysuckle was one of those Fynbos plants that really got its hooks stuck into me when it came to the propagation side of Fynbos and really was one of the first plants I had any success with in our nursery. They are pretty bulletproof so they managed to pull through my early and [...]
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