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Pellenc has been kind enough to use Vrede en Lust as one of its South African test wineries for its exciting new Selectiv Process Winery sorter. When grapes are harvested they come with MOG (matters other than grape) and berries are unsuitable for quality wine production. The term MOG covers a range of things including snails, [...]

In 1688 Jacques de Savoye came to South Africa and was granted Vrede en Lust, which in Dutch means “Peace and Passion”. We would like to invite you to the Vrede en Lust Savoye Day Harvest Festival to celebrate the 2010 harvest and our history spanning over 322 years! For the brave ones, who wish to [...]

Meet the Vrede en Lust Harvest 2010 team! Nearly 7 days into the harvest they have already crushed 83 tons! Ansone Fourie, Susan Erasmus, Natalee Hamilton, Ben Snyman, Baron Willemse, Etienne Buys with some Pinotage destined for Rose tipping into the receiving bin Susan is of course the Vrede en Lust winemaker (South Africa’s women winemaker of [...]

Cathy Marston wrote an interesting article re half bottles on Wine.co.za. She asked me for a few comments which I happily did. It is quite sad that there is so little interest in educating the public more about the benefits of half bottles. I agree with Fiona that PET bottles may be a great option (weight [...]

Etienne and his team was up before sunrise on the 2nd of February to start harvesting the 1st grapes for the Vrede en Lust 2010 harvest. It is our 9th harvest of the modern era at the new winery as well as Susan’s 4th full harvest at Vrede en Lust! Susan and Etienne have gained [...]

We have just uploaded a set of beautiful photo’s taken by the very talented Eddie Wilson onto our Vrede en Lust facebook page. The set is called Vrede en Lust Summer 2009. We can have prints produced for those interested in any of them!

In a recent Top-10 review of South Africa’s best cheese platters, the Cotage Fromage featured prominently. It was the only Cape Winelands restaurant that made this particular Top-10! Well done to Duncan, JP and Matthew! Vrede en Lust is very proud of you. The Cotage recently introduced its new summer menu with some really interesting new [...]

Christmas is a very special time of the year for friends & families. Really a time for giving! This year, unfortunately for our friends and families, Anneke and I have decided to focus on give to those who really need it! The fortunate reality is that just about none of our friends and family really [...]

Veronica Mann, with lucky tag number 251472, won the draw for the 1.6 carat diamond in our Carats fvor Carbon Competition this morning. Well done Veronica!! The draw was run by our auditors, SDK Chartered Accountants of Durbanville. Thanks to all the other entrants. You contribution will result in about 100 extra trees being planted in [...]

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