We are delighted to announce that the June/July 2010 winner of Haute Cabrière, Pierre Jourdan and me case of Pierre Jourdan is Jolien De Keulenaer.  Congratulations!

If you think you have what it takes to win a case of Pierre Jourdan this August please add it to the Haute Cabrière, Pierre Jourdan and me Facebook fan page and get your friends to vote.

Remember the person with the most likes and comments on a photo uploaded during August - by the end of August - wins the case. Good luck!

I think that my brother Tamo, our Cape Town Haute Cabriere ambassador, summed-up this past Bastille festival best … ”it was wild, it was fun and it was the most celebratory Franschhoek Bastille Festival ever! There were moments when I felt as if I was back in France in Springtime. Add to that the feeling of celebrating Madiba’s birthday and it was an experience impossible to beat!”

CC Attribution Franschhoek Wine Valley on Flickr

In fact over the weakend we enjoyed terrific Pierre Jourdan sales and, as one friend remarked, it looked like every Bastille visitor had a bottle of Pierre Jourdan in her / his hand.

If you were drinking Pierre Jourdan or Haute Cabriere this Bastille thank you for your support. If not, never fear, there is always next year!

Head out to Franschhoek this weekend and join us at the 2010 Bastille Festival. The weather is going to be fantastic so you have absolutely NO excuse!

CC attribution Franschhoek Wine Valley on Flickr

Congratulations to Jolien De Keulenaer’s father who is our May / June 2010 Haute Cabrière Facebook Fan Page Competition winner.

If you haven’t yet won a case to Pierre Jourdan, through our Facebook Fan Page Competition, you could still do so this month.

All you have to do is:

1. Upload a picture of you enjoying a bottle of Pierre Jourdan
2. Get your friends to comment and/or like it.
3. The picture with the most comments and likes, at midnight on the 31st of July 2010, wins 6 bottles of Pierre Jourdan.

Good luck!

We’ve had quite a few international visitors in the Haute Cabriére Tasting Room lately. They are all out to support their respective football teams but in between the matches a number of them have come out to the winelands to taste what we, as a wine producing country, have to offer.

We work really hard at our experience in Haute Cabriére Tasting Room and it’s great to hear back from people who enjoyed that experience. Recently the Haute Cabriére Tasting Room team received a lovely email from Steve (one of our international football supporting visitors). Steve has very kindly given us permission to post his complimentary email here, on our blog. Thanks Steve!

Steve’s email:

“You may remember our visit to you last Thursday. Because there were so many of us it was not possible to thank you personally but may I now do that electronically. I found you to be a thoroughly charming and very knowledgeable guide and when I return, sometime in the future with my wife (as I surely will for I was captivated by your beautiful region ), we shall make a point of visiting Haute Cabriére and maybe cracking a bottle or two.”

If you’re in Cape Town this week, for the very exciting Spain vs Portugal game on Tuesday, why not take some time out and join us in the Franschhoek winelands?

When the Cape Town Stadium officially opened Haute Cabrière was in attendance. Because - as everyone knows - it’s simply not a event without a bottle of Pierre Jourdan, the Haute Cabrière sabre and Achim von Arnim!

Here are some pictures of the snow on the mountains surrounding the Franschhoek Valley.

We’ve added a few snaps of the snow, on the mountains behind Haute Cabriere, to our fan page. If you’re interested you’ll find them here.

Well there is snow on the mountains surrounding Franschhoek, excellent Franschhoek wine and Cap Classique tasting in the Haute Cabriere Tasting Room and delicious food being prepared by the Haute Cabriere Restaurant.

We suggest you head out to Franschhoek and make a day of it. We’ll see you tomorrow!

There is the most beautiful snow covering the mountains surrouding Franschhoek! Apparently the maximum temperature we’re likely to see today is 11 degrees. Which is significantly warmer than yesterday when we experienced a maximum temperature of 8 degrees!

image courtesy of abbyladybug (http://www.flickr.com/photos/abbyladybug/449146606/)

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This is excellent weather for our sleeping vines and, I suppose, if you have crackling fire and a bottle of Haute Cabriere Pinot Noir it’s also excellent weather for you! If, however, you don’t have that bottle of Haute Cabriere Pinot Noir you can order it from our online Wine Store. This means that you don’t have to leave the comfort, or warmth, of your home to restock your wine stash.