Farm Stories

She grew up on Vrede, the farm next to ours. Fourth child of Willem and Cornelia Davids. Her mother calls her Suzette but we, and the whole valley...

My brother, Bernhard, always says that if you get 90+ points from Tim Atkin - frame the certificate and put it on your wall. So, we are rather chu...

It is that time of the year. Maternity leave time for our goats. Holiday time for us soon. It is not just our Toggies. All milk goats go into a na...

'97-point Anysbos Disdit 2020 - A thing of beauty' – Wine Cellar Joining the stellar Anysbos 2020 Disdit white is the maiden-release 2019 Tesame. ...

White wine sediment? No, just tartrate crystals. Or wine diamonds if you want to sound fancy. Typically looks like chunks of salt or rock candy. U...

  We believe together is better, stronger and more interesting. This is our philosophy and we're sticking to it. The farm lends itself to this. It...

It is that time of the year. Like ten thousand years ago, our she-goats are getting ready. They have been shedding their hair for a month now. Loo...

Taking out the invasive Port Jackson has it’s little surprises. In some areas the invasion is so dense that nothing grows under it. We then t...

More than half of our vines are planted on non-irrigated dryland, which means we need to take extra care of them. How do we do it? Through mulchin...

“Joining the best of the best: the Anysbos star just keeps on rising!” – Wine Cellar The Anysbos Disdit white has, in a very short space of time, ...

I have seen it before and I’ve heard it before, but I have not experienced it like this before. Bottling our wine on our farm. Not all of us have ...

Sometimes you need little angels to show you the way. And if you are lucky enough you’ll recognise them. There was this person sitting next to me ...