FINE BUBBLES FROM THE CAPE – INTERNATIONAL CAP CLASSIQUE DAY…

Fine Bubbles from the Cape, what a way to celebrate Cap Classique Day, here is a lovely collection for you to land and enjoy...

September 1st, 2021|Categories: wine of the day|Tags: , , Charles Fox, Charles Fox Blanc de Blancs, Domaine des Dieux, , Graham Beck Pinot noir Rosee Brut, Henk & Monica van Niekerk, , Jean Louis Denois, Jeff Grier, , Mulderbosch, Paul René Cap Classique, , Sharon Parnell, , Sparklehorse, Villiera|

Boschendal Black Angus 2017, excellent with Alida Ryder’s Slow Braised Lamb Shanks…

Boschendal Black Angus 2017 Boschendal Estate in the Groot Drakenstein Valley has a herd of Black Angus Beef. Also known as Aberdeen Angus, the cattle are grass fed, producing the finest quality of meat. Appropriate there for that a wine like this should be named after them. The Boschendal Black Angus 2017 is an evolution

April 29th, 2020|Categories: wine of the day|Tags: , , , Boschendal Wine, Boschendal Wine Estate, Franschhoek, , , The Werf Restaurant|
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Boschendal offers an exciting Mushroom Foraging Weekend & a Father’s Day Long Sunday Lunch – book now

Boschendal offers a mushroom foraging weekend with Justin Williams, the Cape's foremost Mushroom Forager and Christiaan Campbell, the Boschendal Chef...

May 30th, 2018|Categories: Michael's Writings|Tags: , , Christiaan Campbell, Justin Williams, The Werf Restaurant|
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DGB Wines to be honoured as Best South African Producer at world’s largest wine fair, ProWein

DGB Group Winemaker, JC Bekker Producer’s wines to be showcased following stellar performance at the international trade tasting MUNDUS VINI in Germany. South Africa’s largest independent wine and spirit producer and distributor, DGB, (producer of iconic wine brands such as; Boschendal, Bellingham, Brampton, Franschhoek Cellars, Douglas Green, Tall Horse, The Beachhouse, amongst others), has been

March 17th, 2017|Categories: Michael's Writings|Tags: , , , JC Bekker, Mundus Vini, Prowein, |

Boschendal Farm – destination for a day of fun

Boschendal in the Groot Drakenstein Valley Boschendal is such a wonderful place to visit as there is just so much to do and see. The beautiful old homestead and its surroundings and wonderful gardens. Breakfast at The Deli Breakfast at The Deli where there is a great choice on the menu and also an array

October 3rd, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , Boschendal Estate Wine, , , Richard Duckitt, |
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Boschendal celebrates Summer with a vibrant new Chardonnay Pinot Noir

Boschendal Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2016 Boschendal wines, one of South Africa’s most iconic wine estates, celebrates the arrival of summer with the launch of an original blush wine, combining the two classic varietals traditionally used in the making of Champagne and Method Cap Classique (MCC) into a refined and elegant Chardonnay-Pinot Noir. This captivating pale

September 9th, 2016|Categories: Michael's Writings|Tags: #chardonnaypinotnoir, , , |

Boschendal Renascent

Boschendal in Groot Drakenstein Of all the stately farmsteads in the Drakenstein Valley, Boschendal has the finest setting.  So wrote the Cape’s well known restoration architects Gawie and Gwen Fagan at the time of the renaissance of Boschendal in the late 1970s.  Those words were true 150 years before they were written and

March 10th, 2013|Categories: Michael's Writings, Winery partners|Tags: |