March 2013: Feast of Wines

Enjoy a fine wine time with us and enjoy an experience not to be forgotten.

• Discount on purchases of any 12 wines

• FREE wine tastings

• Open every day, 7 days a week

• Wine delivered world-wide

• Ample free parking

We are passionate about wine. Let us help you with your food and wine pairing, or selecting the perfect gift for that special person or occasion.

Join us in tasting many decadent wines including:

• Belfield
• Eenzaamheid
• KWV Mentor Range
• Blaauwklippen
• Jean Daneel
• Arendskloof
• Mount Rozier
• Keermont
• Jakob’s Vineyards

People also rave about our local Gin, Brandy, Grappa and Port tastings. Join us for a fine wine time!

Hemel en Aarde Garden Market

Every Saturday from 09:00 to 14:00 we have a lovely market at the Hemel en Aarde Village. Join us for a fun-filled morning in our beautiful garden with homemade jams and preserves, freshly baked cakes, breads, pies and rusks, the best coffee in Hermanus, sweets and savouries, crumpets, pancakes and freshly grown greens from the valley, yummy wraps and steak rolls with all the trimming, cheese platters with a glass of wine and beer on tap, to name but a few.

Hermanus wine route charity

Thanks to the Hermanus Wine Route, the R320 has become one of the most important roads on the South African tourist landscape. A magnificent limited blend, celebrating the generosity of the surrounding terroir, was created with the aim of social upliftment of the local community by providing educational assistance to learners in the area.

By buying this wine you are supporting a very worthwhile cause, the education of our children and grandchildren’s future.

Was R100 per bottle

NOW R50 per bottle

Generous and broadly structured, with the aromas repeated on the palate. A soft grip of fine tannins adds complexity and good length.

Hemel en aarde pre-school

Angelique Herbst and her team re-opened the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley Pre-School this year.  Sales from the Hermanus Wine Route R320 wine has enabled her to do so. With the very steep cost of the crèches in Hermanus,  the need was felt to assist the labour force in the Hemel-en-Aarde area with pre-school education for their children – a crucial step to assure the successful completion ultimately of their schooling. To assist with the funding of the school, Angelique has applied for a government grant, unfortunately, this process will take a number of months to complete.  Until the process is completed, the pre-school runs on donations and sales of the R320 wine.

The school is now home to 25 children from the Hemel-en-Aarde area and also some children from Hermanus.

Any assistance financially would be much appreciated, but also, any educational toys, puzzles, building blogs, outside toys, cots, clothing, eating utensils, etc would greatly help to enrich these children’s lives.

Wine Shipments

Wines delivered world-wide best to suit the requirements of the client.

For rates please contact us on winevillage@hermanus.co.za.

Feast of Wines

March 2013

Let us Serenade you with wines from here and there

Serenade by Edgar Allan Poe

So sweet the hour, so calm the time,
I feel it more than half a crime,
When Nature sleeps and stars are mute,
To mar the silence ev'n with lute.
At rest on ocean's brilliant dyes
An image of Elysium lies:
Seven Pleiades entranced in Heaven,
Form in the deep another seven:
Endymion nodding from above
Sees in the sea a second love.
Within the valleys dim and brown,
And on the spectral mountain's crown,
The wearied light is dying down,
And earth, and stars, and sea, and sky
Are redolent of sleep, as I
Am redolent of thee and thine
Enthralling love, my Adeline.
But list, O list,- so soft and low
Thy lover's voice tonight shall flow,
That, scarce awake, thy soul shall deem
My words the music of a dream.
Thus, while no single sound too rude
Upon thy slumber shall intrude,
Our thoughts, our souls- O God above!
In every deed shall mingle, love.
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On a lovely sunny Friday afternoon we drove up to Southern Right Vineyards to taste the latest sea-aged Sauvignon Blanc.

At the tasting Anthony Hamilton Russell awarded Lee Burman a beautifully sculptured Southern Right whale as a thank you gesture for all her hard work on Fynbos conservation in the Overstrand. Congratulation to Lee and a well-deserved award. Lee is a walking encyclopaedia on Fynbos and very very knowledgeable on the subject.
We were offered a tasting of the 2010 and 2011. The bottles were freshly pulled from the sea that morning. And decidedly quite delicious.
You will remember that the 2004 Sauvignon Blanc was sealed with normal capsules but this time round the bottles were sealed with wax and me-oh-my, what a stunner.
The wines were put to sea in August 2011 and will either be fished out this year or next year in August.

I am mighty curious to see how it will show then.
We will of course let you know as soon as it is released. The 2004 sea-aged vintage was sold out within hours. We loved that particular vintage and the barnacles and sea grass on the bottles was of course another draw card!

So as to not feel left out we have some delicious golden drops for you to smack your lips on this month with daily tastings on the following:

Belfield

Beautiful Aristata2009. Merlot/Cabernet Sauvignon Blend with incredible finesse.
Eenzaamheid
Boutique winery with a 1688 farmhouse that is the oldest registered building in South Africa.
KWV Mentor Range
Sterling performance at this year’s Michelangelo International Wine Awards
Blaauwklippen
Come and taste the sensuous Before & After fortified.
Jean Daneel
King of Chenin Blanc’s range of wines
Arendskloof
Intense and complex wine from Moddergat-Oos farm in the Worcester district.
Mount Rozier
Wines from the top of Schapenberg, located next to Vergelegen.
Keermont
Fantastic wines from the beautiful Blaauwklippen valley.
Jakob’s Vineyards
A dream farm of the de Lange family set against the Babylonstoren mountains.

          People also rave about our local Gin, Brandy, Grappa and Port tastings.

 

Yummy Specials for March

○ Bon Courage Chenin Blanc 2012

WAS R33.00 NOW R27.95

○ Robertson Sauvignon Blanc 2012

WAS R42.00  NOW R32.95

○ Hermanuspietersfontein Sonner Nommer 2011

WAS R69.50  NOW R59.00

○ Jean Daneel Initial White

WAS R59.50  NOW R52.00

○ Jean Daneel Initial Red

WAS R77.50  NOW R59.90

○ Jean Daneel Signature Red

WAS R169.900  NOW R115.00

           Prices valid till 30 March or while stocks last.

To purchase any of the above wines simply click here and complete your order, or email me directly. This offer is valid in-store as well. Phone us on 028-316-3988 if you’re in a hurry or afraid that you will miss out!

Wine Shipments
Wines delivered world-wide best to suit the requirements of the client.
For rates please contact us on winevillage@hermanus.co.za