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The 2012 harvest is rapidly approaching. We expect to start harvesting the first grapes during early February. The first grapes in are normally Chardonnay from the Simonsberg-Paarl vineyards and Pinotage for our Jess Rosè, also from our Simonsberg-Paarl vineyard. The …

We have just released 3 new wines for summer 2011/2012. This includes new 2011 vintages of the Sauvignon Blanc from our Casey’s Ridge vineyard in Elgin and the new Viognier from Simonsberg-Paarl. In addition, we are proud to introduce a …

We are very excited about the upcoming launch of the new Tasting Menu! The Cotage Fromage Tasting Menu is the result of a many requests for a comprehensive and special tasting experience, where top dishes from the Cotage Fromage are …

It has come to our attention that the WordPress plugin responsible for delivering enquiries has not worked for some period of time! That means, that anyone who filled in a form on our website’s query went into a the black-hole …

As many of you will know, Etienne and I bought a 90Ha Elgin apple farm in mid 2005. We had been looking for the right cool climate vineyard for some time and had looked at many Elgin farms by then. …

The results have been released for this year’s Best of Show wines at WineX Cape Town. These are important indicators, as they are the wines voted Best by the attendees of WineX.  They are the good folks who buy wines …

It is always interesting to see the South African wine plans from the Scandinavian countries, where the world’s most advanced nations are not allowed to decide which wines they want to buy themselves. National liquor monopolies decide what is best …

The recent paper published by the Human Rights Watch has made headlines in the wine world and has been picked up by some of the broader press. Wines of South Africa (WOSA) has put out their response to the reports, …

Vrede en Lust wine estate has stopped submitting wines to the sighted tastings for the annual Platter guide. We hope to remain in Platter from a directory perspective. The decision was not taken lightly and some will criticize us for …

We are very proud to announce that Baron Pieter Willemse is one of eight South African cellar workers selected to partake in the annual Burgundy Exchange Programme for 2011. In addition, we have just heard that Baron has made it …