Normal day at the farm?

Today feels like the beginnig of a long vacation. Everyone feels blessed and happy. Maybe it is because of the spray mist outside. The mountain is not visible at all and with the temprature 22 degrees, it feels like another country we working in.

All may seem peacful and quite...... Our mainhouse occupants (Chean and Lisa Roux) welcomed their son into the world on 13 January 2010. Chris came home on Saturday. All of us at work are now wondering when to go visit him. When is too early or too late? Maybe tonight will be good.


Bennie is somewhere in the vinyard, probably hiding from the barrel reps. Just yesterday he said that this vintage will not be the best ever. The wind in November and exstreme heat 2 weeks ago may influance the harvest.


Sometime this week we will be delivering Odd Bin to Checkers. Be on the lookout for a dry red. Good wine for good people.


Enjoy the perfect day (wel for me at least) 1:16:00 AM

Christmas is over, and all is back to reality. We want to say welcome back and we hope all had a festive and restful holiday. For these who did not rest, hope you do it soon.



A few things happened in December….. We labelled our Inanda 2007 and Merlot 2007. Both these 4.5 John Platter wines will be on the shelves Jan/Feb 2010. Our representative in Johannesburg got married and the tasting room was “jazzed up” with the olive oil and tapenade tasting.  To get in contact with our Gauteng agents, visit our website.

January started with full force. We are happy to be back and are already planning to bottle more Y-Merlot the end of this month. Hopefully there will be enough stock now till the end of harvest, if not…….. We are happy about that too 


Lastly, congrats to Frank Jung (our German agent) with his birthday tomorrow. We hope you have a wonderful day. For any buyer who wants to get in contact with Frank, please feel free to visit his website www.kammerwein.de.

Inanda 2008

Now it is the waiting that is driving us crazy..... Our Boudreaux blend was bottled yesterday after 18 months on wood. This wine will be released yearly 2011. By the quality, taste and body, the winemaker believes this to be on of our best wines produced to date. With only a limited amount bottled, we would like to allocate all the cases before 2011. Making this a special release only to our loyal and close friends who love and enjoy our Inanda

A gold at SA Olive Awards

This is starting to get boring....... when you are good you are good. Olyfberg won
a gold at the SA Olive Award again this year, showing that our quality is consistent for the last 5 years. With the oils produced at our "sister farm" in Robertson, and cellar door sales directly from Yonder Hill, this recipe promise to make the tasting experience a memorable one.




The oil blend consists of Leccino; Frontoio and Mission. The Mission forms the basis for this oil giving it a grassy; hint of Artichoke and peppery taste. Our range varies from 250ml glass to 25lt drums. The 500ml is exceptionally value for money for only R65.00 per bottle; also available in Woolworths.


If you feel like snacking, make sure to try our mouth-watering Tapenade. This 125ml are available for R25.00, and are good with biscuits, pasta and bruchetta.

Lastly we have fleshy but firm mission olives for R20.00 per 300g. And for indulging with bigger sizes you are welcome to call us at 021-8551008 and speak with Carmen.

Amazing, 4.5 stars

We reciently recieved the news that 2 of our 3 premium was given 4.5star out of 5 from John Platter.  Unofficially the Merlot was given a recomendation for 5 stars..........In previous years we only got 4stars for our Blend, making the 2007 entered wines a good step in the right direction.  The winemaker, Bennie Avenant, is even more excited about the reciently bottled 2008 vintage!!!!!!!!!!!!
Both the entry level wine also recieved Value Awards from Wine Magazine, following the footsteps of the previous years.

With only 2 weeks to go before we close for 2009, we want to say many thanx and lots of cheers to our redwine friends.  Come and visit to experiance our Christmas specials.

THe Yonder Hill team

PS: Bennie is back from honeymoon, and working all of us to the bone.

Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 selling for only R25.00

We just could not wait for Christmas for the fun to begin.  We will be selling our Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 for only R25.00 per bottle.  Good fruits, spices, mulberry and rasberry flavours on the nose.  Maturation in 225lt French Oak barrrels.  The flavours balance perfectly with soft tannis to ensure an easy drinking style wine.

There are only a limited amout availible, be sure to hurry.

See ya soon

Tastingroom FUN

New to the tastingroom is jong, vibrant and friendly Carmen Beerwinkel.  Apart from the beautiful view from the tastingroom, she will include a new "something" for tasting with our wines.  Now there will be olives, olive oil and our exceptional wines for tasting.  Not only did these oil/olives won a gold at the SAA Olive Awards, but was also given the 1st price for best blend in the world.

Be sure to be treated as our "house guest", with warm friendly faces to assist you, and our pets to greet you at the door.

Let the summer begin
Ajoba

WeddingBells

Our winemaker, Bennie Avenant, did us proud Saturday, 21 November.  Not only did he marry the most pretty girl in town, he showed he was a real man, and shed a tear when she walked down the isle.

Well done Bennie and Charmain, all of us at Yonder Hill wishes you joy and happyness for the future. 
And be sure, if Bennie is this passionate about his new wife, he will do great things with his second vintage around the corner.

The Anual Value Awards Wineshow 2009

All started good, but the night turned out to be dissapointing and slow.  With only a few visitors to the
Market Hall; Grand West.  And yes, loads of people infront of the gambling machines.

Why not enjoy good wines, at great value, and feel giddy afterwards, than putting loads of money into a machine :-(

Something we will think carefully through next year before we commit again.

Value Awards 2009

We did it again.  Both of our Y-Range cultivars won value awards for the 2009 vintage.  The Helderberg region particularly is doing well, with the likes of Ken Forrester, Lourensford, Journey`s End est holding hands with us.

We will be joining the Grand West on the 24th of November for winetasting and alover wine fun. 
Come and join us
Y-Not
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Summer on the horison

Our duckfriends passing the tasting room, on their way to the dam!!!!!  Yup, at last summer is on the way. With the vine leaves all in bloom ..... very small.... it looks like a magical month to follow. Zulu our boerboel is enjoying the sun before the cellar and seeing that the men in the vinyard is working. Bennie our winemaker will only start blending tomorrow, he is struggling with a big hayfeaver.

With September on the way out, you can look forward to great fun in October. Things like big specials, prizes and the Helderberg Wine Festival http://www.helderbergfestival.co.za/, promise to make October one to remember.  Check out our program and book before you miss out.  Y Not.