Savour Pancake Connoisseur’s ‘Sweet Floppy Perfections’ at Dormershire Farm Market this Saturday.
Press Release: 20 February 2011
A former fine food executive chef who made pancakes his first love will certainly be the main attraction this Saturday at Dormershire Wine Estate’s monthly farm market.
“My pancakes were once called sweet, floppy perfections by a food writer,” says Siegfried Kitching, who waved the world of gourmet cooking farewell and now trades under the name Pancake Perfect in the vendor market. “I do sweet and savory pancakes and use lactose-free dough to accommodate those who have lactose allergies. In addition I use soda water in the mix instead of normal water to give my pancakes that extra fluffiness.
“Those with a sweet tooth can choose from my variety of syrups, caramel, banana, milk tart custard, and chocolate creations. On the savory side there are fillings such as bobotie, marinated biltong and avocado, creamy chicken and bacon, and even a bacon and egg pancake which can easily stand in for a breakfast,” says Siegfried.
Pancakes apart the Farm Market also offers unique produce from the area such as fresh vegetables and olives straight from the surrounding farms, Kuilsriver Butcher’s famous boerewors, biltong, freshly baked homemade goods, plants, and compost for the garden. There will be enough eats on sale plus a variety of stalls selling anything from handmade jewelry to pottery products. Parents can bring their kids along to burn their energy on the jumping castle.
As usual Dormershire offers a generous free wine tasting and visitors will also have the opportunity to taste from their French Oak barrels in the maturation cellar. Dormershire is the only South African wine estate that sells wine en primeur (by the barrel), which enables purchasers to fix the price of their wine in advance and do private blends under the supervision of the winemaker.
The Estate is situated on Langverwacht Road on the border of Kuilsriver and only produces Stellenbosch Wine of Origin. Their GPS co-ordinates are: Latitude: -36.562690; Longitude: 18.425505. The timing for this Saturday’s Farm Market on 25 February is from 9:00 until 15:00. Please contact (021) 801-4677 or wine@dormershire.co.za for more information.
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A former fine food executive chef who made pancakes his first love will certainly be the main attraction this Saturday at Dormershire Wine Estate’s monthly farm market.
“My pancakes were once called sweet, floppy perfections by a food writer,” says Siegfried Kitching, who waved the world of gourmet cooking farewell and now trades under the name Pancake Perfect in the vendor market. “I do sweet and savory pancakes and use lactose-free dough to accommodate those who have lactose allergies. In addition I use soda water in the mix instead of normal water to give my pancakes that extra fluffiness.
“Those with a sweet tooth can choose from my variety of syrups, caramel, banana, milk tart custard, and chocolate creations. On the savory side there are fillings such as bobotie, marinated biltong and avocado, creamy chicken and bacon, and even a bacon and egg pancake which can easily stand in for a breakfast,” says Siegfried.
Pancakes apart the Farm Market also offers unique produce from the area such as fresh vegetables and olives straight from the surrounding farms, Kuilsriver Butcher’s famous boerewors, biltong, freshly baked homemade goods, plants, and compost for the garden. There will be enough eats on sale plus a variety of stalls selling anything from handmade jewelry to pottery products. Parents can bring their kids along to burn their energy on the jumping castle.
As usual Dormershire offers a generous free wine tasting and visitors will also have the opportunity to taste from their French Oak barrels in the maturation cellar. Dormershire is the only South African wine estate that sells wine en primeur (by the barrel), which enables purchasers to fix the price of their wine in advance and do private blends under the supervision of the winemaker.
The Estate is situated on Langverwacht Road on the border of Kuilsriver and only produces Stellenbosch Wine of Origin. Their GPS co-ordinates are: Latitude: -36.562690; Longitude: 18.425505. The timing for this Saturday’s Farm Market on 25 February is from 9:00 until 15:00. Please contact (021) 801-4677 or wine@dormershire.co.za for more information.
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Barrel Tastings, Boerewors and Boerseep to be had this Saturday at Dormershire Wine Estate
Press Release: 25 January 2011
This Saturday sees the first Dormershire Wine Estate Farm Market in Kuilsriver where homegrown products such as fresh vegetables, boerewors and boerseep will compliment a free red wine tasting straight from the barrels.
“We were inspired by our successful run in the Summer in Stellenbosch Valley Festival in December last year organized by the Stellenbosch Wine Route and now intend to do it on the last Saturday of each month,” says Paul Frost, a practicing attorney who owns this boutique wine estate with his wife Sunette.
“Visitors will have the opportunity to buy unique produce from the area such as fresh vegetables straight from the surrounding farms, Kuilsriver Butcher’s famous boerewors, biltong, ginger beer and real homemade ‘boerseep’. Yes, there are still people who make their own soap. We will have enough eats on sale plus a variety of stalls selling all sorts of bric-a-brac. Parents can bring their kids along to enjoy the jumping castle.
“We are getting hectically busy on the farm preparing for the harvesting season, which kicks off early February. Despite a water shortage early this month caused by repairs to a burst supply-pipe in the Stellenbosch region things are looking good. The vineyards are disease-free and the yield promises to be above average,” says Paul.
Apart from their generous free wine tasting visitors will also have the opportunity to taste for free from their French Oak barrels in the maturation cellar. Dormershire is the only South African wine estate that sells wine en primeur (by the barrel), which enables purchasers to fix the price of their wine in advance and do private blends under the supervision the wine maker.
The Estate is situated on Langverwacht Road on the border of Kuilsriver and only produces Stellenbosch Wine of Origin. Their GPS co-ordinates are: Latitude: -36.562690; Longitude: 18.425505. The timing for this Saturday’s Farm Market is from 9:00 until 16:00. Please contact (021) 801-4677 or wine@dormershire.co.za for more information.
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This Saturday sees the first Dormershire Wine Estate Farm Market in Kuilsriver where homegrown products such as fresh vegetables, boerewors and boerseep will compliment a free red wine tasting straight from the barrels.
“We were inspired by our successful run in the Summer in Stellenbosch Valley Festival in December last year organized by the Stellenbosch Wine Route and now intend to do it on the last Saturday of each month,” says Paul Frost, a practicing attorney who owns this boutique wine estate with his wife Sunette.
“Visitors will have the opportunity to buy unique produce from the area such as fresh vegetables straight from the surrounding farms, Kuilsriver Butcher’s famous boerewors, biltong, ginger beer and real homemade ‘boerseep’. Yes, there are still people who make their own soap. We will have enough eats on sale plus a variety of stalls selling all sorts of bric-a-brac. Parents can bring their kids along to enjoy the jumping castle.
“We are getting hectically busy on the farm preparing for the harvesting season, which kicks off early February. Despite a water shortage early this month caused by repairs to a burst supply-pipe in the Stellenbosch region things are looking good. The vineyards are disease-free and the yield promises to be above average,” says Paul.
Apart from their generous free wine tasting visitors will also have the opportunity to taste for free from their French Oak barrels in the maturation cellar. Dormershire is the only South African wine estate that sells wine en primeur (by the barrel), which enables purchasers to fix the price of their wine in advance and do private blends under the supervision the wine maker.
The Estate is situated on Langverwacht Road on the border of Kuilsriver and only produces Stellenbosch Wine of Origin. Their GPS co-ordinates are: Latitude: -36.562690; Longitude: 18.425505. The timing for this Saturday’s Farm Market is from 9:00 until 16:00. Please contact (021) 801-4677 or wine@dormershire.co.za for more information.
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Unique Stellenbosch Summer Programme tasting at Dormershire
Press Release: 12 December 2011
Unique Stellenbosch Summer Programme tasting at Dormershire
Dormershire Wine Estate will be offering three unique tastings as part of the Stellenbosch Wine Route Summer programme from 16 to 18 December this year. This will include a vertical 8-vintage Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon tasting as well as tasting wine directly from the barrel.
Dormershire is one of the 13 participating wine producers in the annual Summer in Stellenbosch Valley holiday programme organized by the Stellenbosch Wine Route. Each winery will be presenting its own programme ranging from free wine tastings to something appealing for gourmants, parents and children.
The 2002 to 2009 vintage Shiraz tasting will be presented each day at 12:00 while the Cabernet tasting of the same vintages will take place at 15:30. The daily barrel tasting at 14:00 will give wine lovers first hand opportunity to compare the effect of wood maturation on different vintages as well as the influence of terroir on similar cultivars. Visitors to the estate will also have the opportunity to buy many home-made products from a variety of stalls including a fresh vegetable market on Saturday morning.
Dormershire is a boutique wine estate, which encompasses only six hectares of Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz cultivars, which in total produce some 50 tons of grapes per year. Harvesting of the grapes and sorting of bunches thereafter in the cellar are done by hand. All red wines are matured in small French and American Oak barrels. The Estate has received a number of Veritas awards and several star ratings in the John Platter Wine Guide. Please see www.dormershire.com for more information on the estate.
The Estate is on Langverwacht Road in Kuilsriver and can be easily assessed from Stellenbosch via the Polkadraai Road. Turn right on Polkadraai Road at the traffic lights into Zevenwacht Link Rd, right again at Langverwacht Rd T-junction and then right within 100m at the Dormershire sign. Take gravel road on left to the cellar. The Estate can be contacted at wine@dormershire.co.za or 021 801 4677 for more information.
The 13 participating members in this year’s Festival are Asara Wine Estate and Hotel, Bein Private Cellar, Devon Valley Hotel (SylvanVale Vineyards), Die Bergkelder, Dormershire Wines, Jordan Wines, Middelvlei Wines, Neethlingshof, Overgaauw Estate, Stellenbosch Hills Wines, The House of J.C. Le Roux, Vredenheim Wine Estate and Zevenwacht. For a full programme schedule, visit www.wineroute.co.za or phone 021 886 4310 or e-mail info@wineroute.co.za.
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Unique Stellenbosch Summer Programme tasting at Dormershire
Dormershire Wine Estate will be offering three unique tastings as part of the Stellenbosch Wine Route Summer programme from 16 to 18 December this year. This will include a vertical 8-vintage Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon tasting as well as tasting wine directly from the barrel.
Dormershire is one of the 13 participating wine producers in the annual Summer in Stellenbosch Valley holiday programme organized by the Stellenbosch Wine Route. Each winery will be presenting its own programme ranging from free wine tastings to something appealing for gourmants, parents and children.
The 2002 to 2009 vintage Shiraz tasting will be presented each day at 12:00 while the Cabernet tasting of the same vintages will take place at 15:30. The daily barrel tasting at 14:00 will give wine lovers first hand opportunity to compare the effect of wood maturation on different vintages as well as the influence of terroir on similar cultivars. Visitors to the estate will also have the opportunity to buy many home-made products from a variety of stalls including a fresh vegetable market on Saturday morning.
Dormershire is a boutique wine estate, which encompasses only six hectares of Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz cultivars, which in total produce some 50 tons of grapes per year. Harvesting of the grapes and sorting of bunches thereafter in the cellar are done by hand. All red wines are matured in small French and American Oak barrels. The Estate has received a number of Veritas awards and several star ratings in the John Platter Wine Guide. Please see www.dormershire.com for more information on the estate.
The Estate is on Langverwacht Road in Kuilsriver and can be easily assessed from Stellenbosch via the Polkadraai Road. Turn right on Polkadraai Road at the traffic lights into Zevenwacht Link Rd, right again at Langverwacht Rd T-junction and then right within 100m at the Dormershire sign. Take gravel road on left to the cellar. The Estate can be contacted at wine@dormershire.co.za or 021 801 4677 for more information.
The 13 participating members in this year’s Festival are Asara Wine Estate and Hotel, Bein Private Cellar, Devon Valley Hotel (SylvanVale Vineyards), Die Bergkelder, Dormershire Wines, Jordan Wines, Middelvlei Wines, Neethlingshof, Overgaauw Estate, Stellenbosch Hills Wines, The House of J.C. Le Roux, Vredenheim Wine Estate and Zevenwacht. For a full programme schedule, visit www.wineroute.co.za or phone 021 886 4310 or e-mail info@wineroute.co.za.
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Somer in Stellenbosch Vallei Fees
Persverklaring: 9 Desember 2011
Proe Dormershire uit die vat tydens Stellenbosch Wynroete Somerfees
Dormershire Wynlandgoed bied vanjaar ‘n proe-uit-die-vat as deel van die Wynroete se jaarlikse Somer in Stellenbosch Vallei fees wat van 16 tot 18 Desember plaasvind. Altesame 13 wynlandgoedere gooi hul deure vir die publiek oop oor dié drie dae met gratis wynproeë, interessante vermaak en afleiding vir die hele gesin.
Vir die wynliefhebbers is daar elke dag om 12:00 ‘n vertikale wynproe van Dormershire Shiraz vir die oesjare 2002 tot 2009 en dan weer ‘n Cabernet Sauvignon proe om 15:30 vir dieselfde oesjare. Verder word ‘n proe-uit-die-vat daagliks om 14:00 aangebied. Wynliefhebbers kan hierdeur insig kry oor hoe wyn van jaar tot jaar kan verbeter met houtveroudering en ook hoe die smaak van dieselfde kultivar uit verskillende wingerdblokke verskil.
Dormershire bied verder ook vermaak en afleiding vir almal in die vorm van ‘n verskeidenheid stalletjies wat olywe, tuisgebak, pizza’s, biltong, poeding, koffie en boerewors rolletjies sal verkoop. Vir die snuffelaars is daar snuisterye, juwele, kuns, bad- en lyfrome en ‘n geleentheid vir die kinders om sandkuns te beoefen.
Dormershire Wynlandgoed is in die Polkadraaigebied en die Stellenbosse wynlandgoed naaste aan Kaapstad. Dit is ‘n boetieklandgoed met net 6 hektaar onder Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz en Sauvignon Blanc wat sowat 50 ton druiwe per jaar lewer. Al hul druiwe word met die hand gepluk en gesorteer. Paul Frost, ‘n praktiserende prokureur, en sy vrou Sunette besit en bestuur die plaas. Michelle Louw is reeds vir die afgelope vier jaar hul voltydse wynmaker. Domershire het silwer Veritas toekennings vir sy 2004-Cabernet en Shiraz ontvang. John Platter het al drie tot vier sterre vir sy Cabernet, Shiraz en Sauvignon Blanc toegeken.
Die maklikste manier om die plaas te bereik is om van die Polkadraaipad in Zevenwacht Link Pad te draai, dan regs by T-aansluiting in Langverwachtpad en dan weer regs binne 100m by Dormershire teken. Neem die grondpaadjie links tot by die kelder.
Vir die fees bied die Stellenbosch Wynroete ook ‘n kompetisie aan waar ‘n 100 bottels wyn te wen is. Diegene wat wil deelneem, moet hul naam, adres en telefoon nommer teen 18 Desember aan info@wineroute.co.za epos.
Lees meer oor die landgoed by www.dormershire.com; epos wine@dormershire.co.za of skakel 021 801 4677 vir meer inligting.
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Proe Dormershire uit die vat tydens Stellenbosch Wynroete Somerfees
Dormershire Wynlandgoed bied vanjaar ‘n proe-uit-die-vat as deel van die Wynroete se jaarlikse Somer in Stellenbosch Vallei fees wat van 16 tot 18 Desember plaasvind. Altesame 13 wynlandgoedere gooi hul deure vir die publiek oop oor dié drie dae met gratis wynproeë, interessante vermaak en afleiding vir die hele gesin.
Vir die wynliefhebbers is daar elke dag om 12:00 ‘n vertikale wynproe van Dormershire Shiraz vir die oesjare 2002 tot 2009 en dan weer ‘n Cabernet Sauvignon proe om 15:30 vir dieselfde oesjare. Verder word ‘n proe-uit-die-vat daagliks om 14:00 aangebied. Wynliefhebbers kan hierdeur insig kry oor hoe wyn van jaar tot jaar kan verbeter met houtveroudering en ook hoe die smaak van dieselfde kultivar uit verskillende wingerdblokke verskil.
Dormershire bied verder ook vermaak en afleiding vir almal in die vorm van ‘n verskeidenheid stalletjies wat olywe, tuisgebak, pizza’s, biltong, poeding, koffie en boerewors rolletjies sal verkoop. Vir die snuffelaars is daar snuisterye, juwele, kuns, bad- en lyfrome en ‘n geleentheid vir die kinders om sandkuns te beoefen.
Dormershire Wynlandgoed is in die Polkadraaigebied en die Stellenbosse wynlandgoed naaste aan Kaapstad. Dit is ‘n boetieklandgoed met net 6 hektaar onder Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz en Sauvignon Blanc wat sowat 50 ton druiwe per jaar lewer. Al hul druiwe word met die hand gepluk en gesorteer. Paul Frost, ‘n praktiserende prokureur, en sy vrou Sunette besit en bestuur die plaas. Michelle Louw is reeds vir die afgelope vier jaar hul voltydse wynmaker. Domershire het silwer Veritas toekennings vir sy 2004-Cabernet en Shiraz ontvang. John Platter het al drie tot vier sterre vir sy Cabernet, Shiraz en Sauvignon Blanc toegeken.
Die maklikste manier om die plaas te bereik is om van die Polkadraaipad in Zevenwacht Link Pad te draai, dan regs by T-aansluiting in Langverwachtpad en dan weer regs binne 100m by Dormershire teken. Neem die grondpaadjie links tot by die kelder.
Vir die fees bied die Stellenbosch Wynroete ook ‘n kompetisie aan waar ‘n 100 bottels wyn te wen is. Diegene wat wil deelneem, moet hul naam, adres en telefoon nommer teen 18 Desember aan info@wineroute.co.za epos.
Lees meer oor die landgoed by www.dormershire.com; epos wine@dormershire.co.za of skakel 021 801 4677 vir meer inligting.
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Sauvignon Blanc Special Offer October/November 2011
In preparation for the launch of our 2011 Sauvignon Blanc (which promises to be outstanding) in November, Dormershire is pleased to announce a special offer of our 2010 Sauvignon Blanc. Case lots of 12 bottles are available at the give-away price of R25,00 / bottle.
This wine is of excellent quality and will be good for consumption for at least 12 months.Make use of this exceptional offer to stock up for the festive season as well as thereafter. The wine will also make a great gift. Place orders at wine@dormershire.co.za or contact Michelle at 021 801 4677 or 072 476 0147.
This wine is of excellent quality and will be good for consumption for at least 12 months.Make use of this exceptional offer to stock up for the festive season as well as thereafter. The wine will also make a great gift. Place orders at wine@dormershire.co.za or contact Michelle at 021 801 4677 or 072 476 0147.
The late Fanus Rautenbach enjoying a bottle of Dormershire on his 80th birthday
| Fanus Rautenbach is a well-known radio broadcaster, writer and media personality. He was born on 23 September 1928 at Lichtenburg. For 13 years he daily presented “Flink uit die vere” for the erstwhile Afrikaans Radio Service.
He received an ARTES award for “Die hemelkinders”, a documentary programme about children with Down Syndrome. In 2007 27 000 listeners voted Rautenbach as the RSG radio legend of the past 70 years. Rautenbach passed away on 29 January 2011 in Claremont, Cape Town. source: http://www.tafelberg.com/authors/7964 |
