Farm Stories

Since our last farm story quite few things have happened.During the weekend of the 8th of February, we had 162 millimeters of rain. In a way this ...

One was a freak accident the other old age or natural wear and tear.  On the last day of 2025 one of our workers ran me over with one of our bakki...

  We are still in a bit of a shock after last week’s award ceremony for Platter's 2026 edition. Our Tesame 2023 won best in category with 98 point...

  To my mind last Sunday was the first day of spring. A bit of sunshine, the gentlest of breezes.Of course, the Monday night the wind gusted at 70...

It arrived last week. The old fox had certainly taken its time.Nearly 40 millimeters of cold wet rain in two days and even a little bit of snow on...

Goeie dinge kom met tyd. These past few days and nights the Eagle owls have been at it. Talking to each other. From treetop to rooftop. I guess ma...

Kyk Noord. In a newsletter in December Mieke called me a patriarch. Imagine this bearded old Omie with a walking stick in his hand, pointing to th...

Dis Somer. Spring happened. A bit late. But now it is summer. You know that when walking in the grass, little goggatjies bite you on your legs and...

Quickly established as one of the finest white wines in South Africa is the Anysbos Disdit from the 2023 vintage. It is a Chenin Blanc dominated bl...

  Happy Happy!  TESAME 2021 - 95 It came as a surprise. A welcome surprise. A gift. A Krismisboks. In November. And did we need it. The past two m...

Monday night, the bridge over the Botriver re-opened after almost six weeks. Botriver is now ten minutes away. And the airport seventy minutes inst...

  Niels Verburg keeps saying that Botriver, note not Botrivier, is the centre of the universe. I often wondered about this until now. Two weeks ag...