Farm Stories

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...

By the time you read this it would have been a day earlier. Thirty-nine millimetres. Not fourty.  Like 93 is two points less ...

Round here you know when the seasons change. Green wheat and oats, yellow Canola and our forever-changing blue skies and white clouds. And the gui...

“My love for grenache came from something inside of me, it’s a feeling,” says winemaker Marelise Niemann. “It’s such a vibrant, soft and gentle gra...

We're humbled and surprised by the latest Platter’s by Diners Club South African Wine Guide 2022 results, to say the least. The Tesame 2019, our m...

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...