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5 hours 8 min agoSeptember 3, 2010
09:59
Fynbos Friday 43: Tecoma Capensis
The Cape Honeysuckle was one of those Fynbos plants that really got its hooks stuck into me when it came to the propagation side of Fynbos and really was one of the first plants I had any success with in our nursery. They are pretty bulletproof so they managed to pull through my early and [...]
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September 2, 2010
11:45
Food & Wine Bloggers Club Review
The Food & Wine Bloggers’ Club meeting held at Brio restaurant last night was a huge success, with five Haut Espoir wines tasted, and Rob Armstrong of the wine estate and Sam Wilson of Food24 informing and entertaining the food and wine bloggers attending. There were lots of laughs, and bloggers attending [...]
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August 27, 2010
09:11
Fynbos Friday 42: The Caracal or Rooikat
Tuesday started off with a pretty exciting phone call from Pat who is based at the Jonkershoek Cape Nature Conservation offices, who asked if we would be happy to have a Caracal released on Haut Espoir which had been trapped on a neighbouring farm the previous night. Of course, we would [...]
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August 23, 2010
14:15
Exciting Week Ahead
Last week was crazy, what with superb tastings and big shows in the Cape Town area. There will be a nice review of the Food & Wine Bloggers Meeting we did with Food24 up on our website this week, once all the reviews are in. The Cabernet tasting we did was very well received with [...]
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August 20, 2010
10:37
Fynbos Friday 41: Leucospermum cordifolium
Almost ten years ago; before the initial clearing of our forest of Bluegum trees up on the mountain slopes behind the Shiraz block, I remember bumping into this plant, and it was barely hanging in there. No sun was getting through to the ground due to the alien trees taking out the sunshine with a [...]
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August 17, 2010
10:06
Reminder: Food & Wine Blogger Club, Tomorrow.
Remember when we spoke about this? Well its tomorrow. Have you booked? Here is the information you want: The fourth Food & Wine Bloggers’ Club meeting takes place on Wednesday 18 August, from 18h00 – 20h00, at Brio Restaurant, and will pair Sam Wilson of Food24 food blogs, and Rob Armstrong of Haut Espoir wines in Franschhoek. Sam [...]
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August 13, 2010
09:20
Fynbos Friday 40: Erica lateralis
We haven’t featured an Erica in a while and since they are creating such a wash of colour on the Scherpheuwelberg behind the Shiraz Block at the moment this is the perfect time to feature one of the easier Erica species to identify. And the bees are going absolutely crazy for the pollen at [...]
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August 6, 2010
11:59
Fynbos Friday 39: Gladiolus Carmineus
Today we bring you the Gladiolus family in all her glory, this specific belter is the carmineus. The common name is the Hermanus Cliff Gladiolus. There isn’t a lot to be said about the Gladiolus family medicinally, but they are one of my favourites to photograph as it can be the [...]
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August 5, 2010
10:19
Sauvignon Blanc ‘08 & The Twankey Bar
Haut Espoir are very happy to be running a little special at the Twankey Bar in the Taj in Cape Town. The promotion is very simple, runs until the end August in all their F&B Outlets, Mint, Bombay, Lobby Lounge and the Twankey Seafood Champagne and Oyster Bar. R45.00 per glass! Order 3 and enjoy the [...]
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July 30, 2010
11:07
Fynbos Friday 38: It is competition time, again!
Hi All. Back at another Friday. They seem to be coming faster and faster as the year is going by. Things are great here and the weather has been fantastic. We are giving away something utterly unique and entirely special just for you this week, a Fynbos Walk for a group of up to 8 people [...]
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11:07
Fynbos Friday 28: It is competition time, again!
Hi All. Back at another Friday. They seem to be coming faster and faster as the year is going by. Things are great here and the weather has been fantastic. We are giving away something utterly unique and entirely special just for you this week, a Fynbos Walk for a group of up to 8 people [...]
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July 29, 2010
17:12
Uncorked is coming, are you ready?
Make your way to the picturesque Franschhoek Wine Valley, over the weekend of 4 and 5 September, for the unique spring wine meander, Franschhoek Uncorked. This multi-faceted celebration takes place on satellite farms throughout the Valley, and affords award-winning wineries – as well as the smaller hidden gems – the opportunity [...]
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July 23, 2010
12:13
Fynbos Friday 37: Mimetes Cucullatus
We are back on the floral track this week the Common Pagoda or Rooistompie in Afrikaans. We have just a handful of these flowering on the mountain at the moment and they make a spectacular display, so full of colour and full of life. The Sugar and Sunbirds are going crazy [...]
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July 22, 2010
11:20
Bastille Reflections
Bastille has come and gone again, left us a little tired after a cracker weekend in the Hoek, but happy with what we achieved. We have found two nice mentions on the farm on some of the unique things we were offering here. Thank you to the two guys who were kind enough to mention [...]
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July 16, 2010
09:24
Fynbos Friday 36: A celebration
I am sure if you’ve been following us on twitter and Facebook, you might have picked up that were fond of a few things other than fynbos and wine… Two which we are particularly fond of are beer and sport. Going into every bottle of Haut Espoir is an element of the team here on the [...]
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July 13, 2010
10:02
Bastille Festival This Weekend
Franschhoek’s Bastille Day Festival Celebration is happening again, and because of the winding down of the event that Fifa will not allow me to mention on a public website without paying them for it, we are sure that this year’s festival will be packed to absolute capacity. All the usual fun activities will be taking place [...]
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July 12, 2010
15:37
What is the best temperature to enjoy your wine?
Found this wonderful article over atWineTimes. Have a look at this amazing gadget… GN Dynamic Sources brings you an amazing tool that will enhance your wine drinking experience. It’s a Wine Temperature Guide. The PVC strip is strapped around the body of the bottle with Velcro and after a few seconds the LCD screen indicates the [...]
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July 2, 2010
09:39
Fynbos Friday 35: The Chacma Baboon
This week we venture away from the Floral side, and venture into the fascinating world of Papio hamadryas. I am very fond of Bobbos. We get a lot of them on the farm. Have a look see at our clip on Cellar visitors There is a massive troop that’s been entertaining itself in the sun on [...]
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July 1, 2010
10:56
This is home
It’s an absolute privilege to live where we do, which is something we never take for granted. There are moments every single day which catch us unaware and remind us of how magical this little slice of heaven is. Today we wanted to share some random images which Rob loves taking so much. A mere [...]
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June 25, 2010
09:29
Fynbos Friday 34: Aloe arborescens
This is one of the easiest plants to propagate ( all it takes is to literally cut off a branch, let the sap dry a bit and then plant it, Voila!) It offers an amazing source of pollen when in flower, so I love it because this plant feeds the bees and the Sunbirds absolutely [...]
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