Winter Time

What are we doing at the moment besides hiding with a glass of red wine in front of the fireplace? On Oude Wellington we are busy with fencing as our neighbour is bringing in sheep to graze on some of the land to keep vegetation low as a fire prevention for the coming season. Sheep arn't the brightest of animals and love to stray away getting into trouble in dongas (deep furrows) and other places of no return. The last few weeks not much else had happend besided the sad story of one of our workers was caught stealing and a dear friend Hannes Adendorff died just last Saturday drowning in a river. He was a skilled thatcher and sole breadwinner of a very large family and employer to many other folks of the area around Bredarsdorp. He will be missed and the tragedy will touch many families
Not easy to lead over to happier events after this one, so here it is. The Country Life magazine published a long article about the Cape Brandy Route including us with a picture of the Oude Wellington kitchen in full page format. If you like you can click here.
The winter rains have come in long and strong with the usual erosion of good soil and blocked drain pipes. It rained into my office and my landrover (but that is part of the Landrover experience).
We started a competition for all wine buyers: one weekend for two on Oude Wellington for wine purchases over 200Rand. For every 75 entries there is a draw. So take the chance and pop in, maybe it is your treat next week.
Todays picture is the proof of Sydney cooking.