At the moment Clayton is experimenting, for the first time, with Carbonic Maceration on a small selection of our Sauvignon Blanc. Carbonic Maceration is a process where the grapes are not crushed or pressed but placed into bins and saturated with Carbon Dioxide. The Carbon Dioxide gas triggers an enzymatic fermentation and the wild yeasts convert the rest.
We’ll keep you posted as the experiment progresses.
Clayton has spent a significant portion of today blending our latest Môreson Solitaire Méthode Cap Classique.
The experienced Frenchman, who is working the 2010 season in our cellar, has given his double-thumbs-up to Clayton’s latest Solitaire blend.
Clayton has also tweaked the Môreson Pink Méthode Cap Classique offering. The new generation of Pink Bubbly will now exhibit a lot more depth than any of our previous Rosé Méthode Cap Classiques.
After walking around the cellar and tasting the soon to be released wines (and those that have just been harvest) I can safely say that 2010 is going to be an excellent year for Môreson wines and methode cap classiques.
At Môreson we think that it’s important to support charities and initiatives that we believe make the world a better place. Through Miss Molly we support the South African Guide-Dog Association for the Blind by donating a portion of each bottle sold to the Guide-Dog Association.
We also do work with charities and one of these is the Wildlands Conservation Trust. They always send us the nicest emails to thank us for our support and at the end of last year they send us a certificate. We’re suckers for certificates (we’re convinced it’s a wine farm thing), we just love them.
Over the 2010 Môreson Blessing of the Harvest we managed to (thanks to everyone who attended) raise a total of R8450 for the South African Guide-Dog Association for the Blind.
It takes R10 000 to fully train a guide dog, so we are almost there! Only another R1550 to go and Miss Molly will be able to say that she helped train a guide dog.
I’m sure she’ll just dine-out on that story. She’s not exactly the subtle type.
For the next two weeks the 2009 Miss Molly Hoity Toity Chenin Blanc will be the Môreson wine of the week.
Miss Molly, the beautiful Môreson Weimaraner, is the love of our lives.
During the afternoon Miss Molly is most often found sunning herself in our finest leather wingback chair. Here she devotes her time to relaxing - receiving visitors, love and adoration at her leisure.
Hoity Toity Chenin Blanc is designed to capture the taste of our beloved Miss Molly’s lazy, sun-filled afternoons.
The 2009 Miss Molly Hoity Toity Chenin Blanc has undertones of fresh pineapple infused with layers of white peach and it is characterised by a fresh, full and creamy palate.
Basically it’s delicious and it’s the perfect accompaniment to a sun-filled day. So you’ll want at least a case. 
The Môreson Blessing of the Harvest 2010 photos are up and ready for viewing. If you’re interested you’ll find them here.
If you took any photos, and you use Flickr, won’t you please join the Môreson Group and add your Môreson Blessing of the Harvest 2010 pictures to it?
Thanks!
We’re incredibly busy with the Môreson 2010 Harvest but, at the same time, we’re also preparing for our annual Blessing of the Harvest celebration taking place this Saturday and Sunday (the 6th and 7th of February 2010).
This year we will also be using the Blessing of the Harvest weekend to hand-over our first cheque (from the Miss Molly range of wines) to the South African Guide-Dog Association for the Blind*.
We’re fully booked so if you didn’t manage to reserve your place for this year there is always next year. For those of you that will be taking part in the Môreson 2010 Blessing of the Harvest we look forward to welcoming you to our farm.
P.S. Please don’t forget to pack hats and sunscreen.
* The Miss Molly range of wines (by Môreson) donates a portion of every bottle sold to the Guide-Dogs.
This week - from the 25th of January till the 31st of January 2010 - the Miss Molly 2009 Kitchen Thief Sauvignon Blanc is the Môreson Wine of the Week.
Miss Molly is the Môreson Robin Hood. When no one is looking she redistributes food, from the kitchen counter, to where it’s needed most.
Miss Molly loves to share and she’s as free with her love as she is with our groceries. An easygoing, loveable rascal with heart-melting mannerisms that ensure she gets away with just about everything.
Kitchen Thief is a wine designed to do what Miss Molly does best - share with friends.
The Miss Molly 2009 Kitchen Thief Sauvignon Blanc is being offered through the Môreson Tasting Room, for lunch at Bread & Wine Vineyard Restaurant and in the Farm Grocer. What’s more is that a portion of every bottle of Miss Molly sold is donated to the South African Guide-Dog Association for the Blind.
What can we say … Miss Molly has a thing for guide dogs, she just can’t seem to keep her paws off them.
In my eagerness to present the Môreson Wine of the Week I managed to forget that it only rotates every second week. So the Môreson Wine of the Week, for the remainder of this week, is the 2009 Môreson Chenin Blanc.
So glad that we sorted that out.
I had the most delicious lunch at Bread & Wine Vineyard Restaurant yesterday. If you’re planning on eating here anytime soon I strongly suggest that you try the:
Both are new to the menu, both are excellent and both go very nicely with the Môreson Wine of the Week (the 2009 Miss Molly Kitchen Thief Sauvignon Blanc).
Excuse me while I wipe the drool of my keyboard.