Farm Stories

  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...

The Anysbos Disdit has quickly become 'a model of excellence for the Cape White Blend category', says Christian Eedes. Marelise Niemann, Tim Atkin'...

Winter is on its way. The sun shines straight into my office in the mornings. I can not do anything on the computer. And, the olives are picked an...

Despite the real chance of rain we decided to not pick the last block of grenache on Friday. Ok, our arses were covered by some very good grenache...