Author Archives: Nikki

We are Closed every Tuesday and Wednesday this Winter

Pinotage

This winter – from now (the 7th of May 2012) until the end of June 2012 – our Tasting Room and Bread & Wine Vineyard Restaurant will be closed every Tuesday and Wednesday. Boohoo! The Charming Charley is however still accepting orders throughout the …

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Plastic Tractors – Newsletter 2012 . Vol 1

Lost in Lemons

Môreson – our family farm – holds the most special place in my heart. I, along with my three siblings, grew up here. The four of us spent years playing farmer on our plastic tractors, some of us clearly more …

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Thank Goodness the Grapes are all in …

Hale 1

Check out this afternoon’s freak hail storm. It arrived out of NO WHERE and decided to dress up the farm, and the rest of Franschhoek, as an abstract ice sculpture. Nice work.

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Text from Dog

Miss Molly and Juicy Lucy before their morning walk

Text from Dog is hilarious and well worth a visit. I could definitely see Miss Molly and the Lucy-Pants sending similar types of texts. P.S. The content is NSFW. It’s not really that bad but, hey, I don’t know your boss.

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We love love …

Lemon Blossom

This past weekend we got to be part of a very special day. We’re crazy about a few things: wine, food, our animals and – of course – love. If it makes you weak at the knees; if it makes …

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Only a few cases of our award-winning 2010 Premium Chardonnay left …

All things beautiful

We have only a few cases of our award-winning 2010 Môreson Premium Chardonnay available worldwide. Yes, only a few cases of six available in the-whole-wide-world. Oh the horror! This means that if you’re a Premium Chardonnay lover, and there are …

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Môreson Scores a double at the 2012 Chardonnay du Monde!

Môreson Gala MCC

The 2010 Môreson Premium Chardonnay and the Môreson Solitaire NV Blanc de Blancs Méthode Cap Classique were both awarded coveted silver medals at the 2012 Chardonnay du Monde competition. This competition, the world’s premier Chardonnay competition, presents a line-up of …

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The morning walk …

Young vine inspection on the morning walk

This morning the furry kids decided that we had to take a stroll around the farm at 06h20. You see there were important things to inspect, stuff that simply could not wait. Obviously. These important items included vineyards, delicious almost-ripe grapes, holes, …

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It is hip because it is harvest

Chardonnay - Feel the Quality

Today Môreson was up at sparrows thanks to the official start of our 2012 harvest. Clayton and his team brought in the start of our Chardonnay base wine and – as you can tell from the pictures – the quality …

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Miss Molly and her Family

Molly acting like the small lap-dog she is ...

Miss Molly is not – as some might believe – an only child. She is in fact part of a family of six other dogs. She’s a very good sister and has a lot of time for her siblings (both …

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