A.A Badenhorst Family Wines: Paardeberg

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

in the summer time when the harvest is fine!

Just look at these, Chenin Blanc grapes from the 1957 planting - one of the oldest vineyards in the Paardeberg!

This cask (above) is for Cornelia's own consumption. Every year Adi makes a wine especially for his wife. This year, Chardonnay! (it must be love)

Above and below, other casks furiously fermenting...

Jasper and Meike (our German intern) loading the (in)famous Klappomp - unique to Kalmoesfontein and says Adi, "it makes other winemakers nervous"...

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Young Guns

It's true - if you use an old photo of Adi in a current article you can still call him a young gun!

Following up on the article by Matthew Jukes that we shared here on our blog at the end of 2011, here are the pages from December's Decanter magazine.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Treasurrrrre hunt

Adi, forever the pirate at heart / parrot lover, recently saved these beautiful parrots from the 'vibacrete' jungle of Malmesbury.

We welcomed them to Kalmoesfontein where they can whistle and tweet (no, they don't run our twitter account) with the extended bird family of Kalmoesfontein as well as the local Paardeberg birds.

In the spirit of good old piracy, we give you a (treasure hunt?) challenge:

The first person to identify the 3 rare species pictured here will win a mixed case of our wine! Just in time for the festive season!

Just comment below, on our Facebook page or tweet us the answers...

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Unofficial new mascot

Herman Potgieter, a guest at our Farm Family wedding this weekend crafted this Secateurs Warrior for us.

We like it!

Monday, October 31, 2011

More pictures from our first open day.

"We few, we happy few." - Shakespeare's Henry V

Here are some pictures of the lucky guests who got tickets in time for our first ever open day on Kalmoesfontein. Lunch is served!