Ok, enough with the fun and games, the winner is …Jonathan Wright.
Congratulations Jonathan! You’ve won a case (of six) of the Pierre Jourdan Brut. Please contact our marketing guru - Jeff Gradwell - at marketing@cabriere.co.za so we can deliver your prize.
In a very suprising twist we, at Cabriere, have decided to award a gift pack of Pierre Jourdan (that’s two bottles) to our favourite photo for the month of February 2010. The winner of this prize is Kim Gray. Well done Kim!
The competition for the next case of Pierre Jourdan has began so, if you missed out this month, upload a new photo (or series of photos) to the Pierre Jourdan and Haute Cabrière Facebook Fan Page and get your friends to start voting and commenting.
I don’t think most people realise just how close the last Franschhoek fire came to Haute Cabrière. Below are some post Franschhoek Fire images.
The fire moved from this part of the Franschhoek Valley to the Cabriere section - that's a long way to travel.
The upper Cabriere vines and the blackened Franschhoek Mountain. The brown pieces, dotted through the vineyard, are because the fire jumped with the wind. We were incredibly lucky not to lose the whole block.
Takuan stands on the road between the highest lying Cabriere vineyard and the blackened Franschhoek Mountain. It really was incredibly close!
Only one week left until we select our first Pierre Jourdan, Haute Cabrière and Me winner. If you still haven’t entered head on over to our Facebook fan page and upload your photo of your Pierre Jourdan Cap Classique or Haute Cabrière Wine moment, the one with the most comments and likes wins our February 2010 prize (a case of 6 Pierre Jourdan Cap Classiques).
If you’ve already uploaded your picture get your friends to vote. With their help you could be our February winner … and nothing says ‘winner‘ quite like a case of Pierre Jourdan.
Flo studied at the oenological college in Reims and has worked in cellars both in Champagne and Burgundy. This makes him ideally suited for Cabrière.
Florent comes from Champagne in France and he has worked under Laurent Fresnet at Henriot Champagne House. In fact, as far as history goes, it was Laurent who created the first ever Ratafia. But he was made famous by his escargot dinners in 1993, made from bags and bags of snails he hunted down in vineyards.
So if you’d like to see how Sabrage is really done, and find out about some of the history surrounding it, pay the Simon and Baker Travel Review site a visit.
Valentine’s Day may be over (we hope you enjoyed your Belle Rose and Belgium Chocolate) but that doesn’t mean that you should stop showing your significant other that you care. One day, out of 364, just isn’t enough!
Over a lovely lunch with Takuan, where we explored the new menu items at our Franschhoek Restaurant Haute Cabrière, we were introduced to his opinions on love and Pinot Noir. Luckily we caught it on camera which means you can enjoy it too.
If you’re viewing this through our Facebook fan page, and the video isn’t behaving, you’ll find on YouTube by clicking here.
Valentine’s Day 2010 is almost here. In fact it’s only 4 days away so there is still time for you to pick up the best Valentine’s Day gift ever. There simple isn’t anything that says “I love you” more than Belle Rose and Belgium Chocolate. Thank goodness we had the foresight to combine the two in our 2010 Cabrière Valentine’s Day Gifts.
Valentine’s Day 2010 is only nine days away and even though your partner, girlfriend, boyfriend, wife, husband, lover, mother, father etc may say it doesn’t matter it really does.
Flowers are romantic but, around this time of year, they cost a small fortune … they look nice but that’s about it. What you really want is a gift that both you and your partner, girlfriend, boyfriend, wife, husband, lover, mother, father etc can enjoy together. And what is better to enjoy together than a chilled bottle of Pierre Jourdan Belle Rose and some delicious Belgium chocolate?
For Valentine’s Day 2010 we’ve paired up with Huguenot Fine Chocolates (local Franschhoek producers of Belgium chocolates) and put together a gift everyone can enjoy. For R105,00 you get a bottle of Belle Rose and a heart shaped Belle Rose truffle. Or for R170,00 (only R65,00 more) you get a bottle of Belle Rose, two champagne glasses and two heart shaped Belle Rose truffles. Yum!
You can pop into the Cabrière Tasting Room and the La Cotte Inn (in the Franschhoek Village) to purchase both of these amazing Valentine’s gifts. For more information, or to order the Cabriére 2010 Valentine’s Day gift, contact us on +27 21 876 8500.
If you’re interested in what’s happening at Cabrière at the moment then this video clip is for you.
Takuan - back from his recent lunch adventure at Haute Cabrière Restaurant - shows us what the Cabrière Chardonnay grapes are looking like, he talks about where they could potentially be used and then he explains (simply) how the weather is going to affect the 2010 harvest.
