It has been a while since our last update on the farm. And pretty soon, this will be us, another harvest in the thick of things, doing what we try to do best, crushing grapes, fermenting and making beautiful wines.
There have been a few noticeable changes on the farm, firstly our website and its sleek new design and layout, the addition of an online store, allowing you to order our wines with less hassle. Thanks to the team at Quickonline, Lara and Francois and their crew did an amazing job getting us off our feet with a fantastic new web presence. Big thanks to Raoul who steered the online ship for us in the past to get us to this point. Nice job team!
Now to movements on the farm. Our long serving winemaker Nikey has left the employment of Haut Espoir, and we are going to continue our winemaking passion with as much aplomb as he showed us over the last seven years. There have been many rumours coming to our attention about the future of the farm and our plans; I can assure you that we are continuing to make wine here at Haut Espoir. All that has changed is our winemaker has moved on, and we plan on focusing our efforts to a more biodynamic farming approach and getting more Fynbos planted on the farm in the vineyard blocks which are not producing the quality we need. Apart from that it is business unusual for us.
On the wine side, we can expect the release of our first White Blend, The Cloudfall 2009 shortly, as well as new vintages of the ever popular Shiraz Rose 2010. The Gentle Giant is literally flying out of the cellar so to avoid disappointment, please make use of our online site and order before it is gone.
Nice to see you blogging again Rob. Good luck with the wine making
Cheers Niq!