Category Archives: Harvest
De Savoye Day 2012 Harvest Festival in Pictures
The 3rd of March marked the annual Harvest Blessing and Celebration here at Vrede en Lust – Jacques de Savoye Day 2012! Named in honour of the oirginal founder of Vrede en Lust, back in April 1688. We were blessed …
SOLD OUT: Jacques de Savoye Day: Harvest Festival 2012
We invite you to join us at the annual Vrede en Lust ‘De Savoye Harvest Festival’ on Saturday 3 March 2012. On De Savoye Day, we celebrate the 2012 grape harvest; honour the founder of Vrede en Lust; release a number …
Harvest team 2012 gets their hands dirty
The 11th harvest in Vrede en Lust’s modern cellar is now fully underway! The team started bringing in the first batch of Chardonnay destined for the Vrede en Lust Sarah 2012 wine this morning. In the winery we have from …
Getting ready for Harvest 2012
The 2012 harvest is rapidly approaching. We expect to start harvesting the first grapes during early February. The first grapes in are normally Chardonnay from the Simonsberg-Paarl vineyards and Pinotage for our Jess Rosè, also from our Simonsberg-Paarl vineyard. The …
Baron is on his way to Burgundy!
We are very proud to announce that Baron Pieter Willemse is one of eight South African cellar workers selected to partake in the annual Burgundy Exchange Programme for 2011. In addition, we have just heard that Baron has made it …
De Savoye Day 2011
The 5th of March 2011 marked the celebration of our annual De Savoye Day at Vrede en Lust. On this day we celebrate the harvest. We also give some of our guests the opportunity to pick their own grapes, ahead …
Harvest Update 9 March 2011
This has been the hottest January and February that I have experienced in the 16 year on the farm! We have not had any rain since the start of December and our irrigation dam, at the top of the farm, …
The Vrede en Lust Harvest 2011 Team
The pictured above: Baron, Ansone, Laura, Louise, Liam, Cyril and Susan (with Anthony below right) Harvest Update The winery has been getting busy for the past 2 weeks and crushed a total of about 120 tons of grapes thus far. …
The start of Harvest 2011
We are now into the first week of the 2011 harvest at Vrede en Lust! The cellar gets is distinctive ‘harvest bouquet’ which can be experienced as part of our new winemaking tours. The harvest started with Chardonnay destined for …
