Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Wine Tasting at Stettyn Family Vineyards


We live in South Africa's beautiful wine country and we're privileged to have many wonderful wine estates near us. Stettyn Family Vineyards is about a twenty minute drive from our home, but for some reason we just never visited there. The wine estate is in the Worcester winelands, on the road to Villiersdorp.

Recently, we dropped our daughter off at a birthday party nearby and decided to pop in and have a look. We were surprised by their superb wines and the good prices. Many of their wines have won more than one award. We ended up staying for three hours and then it was time to pick up our daughter. We didn’t go away empty handed either. We bought several wines, which are depicted below. I think my top favorite was the Merlot, which received several golds and a silver. The Pinotage (which is a uniquely South African cultivar) is a new release and hasn't won any awards yet, but it was one of the best that I've had.











2018 Stone Red and
2019 Stone White

2019 Chardonnay & Pinot Noir
and 2019 Chenin Blanc

2017 Merlot, 2017 Pinotage,
and 2017 Shiraz

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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Dunn's Castle in Piketberg


Heading home at the beginning of January from our family holiday, we stopped in at Dunn's Castle in Piketberg, which has sweeping views of the Swartland region. The castle was built in 1902 and originally belonged to George Herbert Dunn. Famous guests such as Cecil John Rhodes, Rudyard Kipling and Herbert Baker were regular visitors. Sir Herbert Baker was a good friend of Dunn and it's believed that he was the castle’s architect. Today it is a guesthouse and conference centre. We didn't see the rooms, but we did go inside for some light refreshments.













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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Kitesurfing in Langebaan


Langebaan is on South Africa's West Coast, near Britannia Bay where my in-laws live. It's a popular destination for kitesurfing, also known as kiteboarding. All the colorful kites against the blue sky make for great photos. It's an extreme sport, so you have to be really fit. It must be exhilarating, especially for those who lift off and "fly" a bit before coming back down. Some of them get really high up too!








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Tuesday, February 4, 2020

The Estuary and Bokkomlaan at Velddrif


We always enjoy taking a drive to Velddrif whenever we're visiting my in-laws on South Africa's West Coast. Velddrif is a small fishing town with an estuary teeming with birds on the Berg River. We also drove along Bokkomlaan, a road named after the salted, dried fish (mullet) known as bokkoms. Bokkomlaan has been declared a heritage site with its historical bokkom industry. I have more great photos of this area from previous visits linked below.







Bokkoms - salted, dried fish (mullet)






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