Thank you to everyone who popped into the Franschhoek Bastille Festival this last weekend.

It was fantastic fun!

We’ll see you all, on the 4th and 5th of September 2010, at Franschhoek Uncorked.

Neil Jewell – our Bread & Wine Vineyard Restaurant head chef and the local Charcuterie King – won the South African leg of the 2010 Global Pizza Challenge.

This means that in May 2010 Neil will be heading off to Melbourne to represent South Africa in finals of the Global Pizza Challenge. Awesome!

The pizza that clinched first place had a smoked flour base topped with aubergine, confit of Karoo lamb, sheeps’ feta, buchu and quince dressing. Sounds delicious doesn’t it? Well if you head out to Bread & Wine you’ll find it on the menu!

I don’t know how long it’ll be there so I suggest doing lunch sooner rather than later.

We’ve got just over a month to go before the annual Franschhoek Cap Classique and Champagne Festival and Môreson is busy preparing for what promises to be our best Franschhoek Champagne Festival yet!

If you’re familiar with the Môreson Cap Classique we’re going to take this opportunity to prepare you (once again) for the fact that the Cap Classique you’ll meet at the Champagne Festival will look completely different.

Our old Cap Classique labels have served us well and done an amazing job but, we feel, it’s time for a change. We love our Môreson Cap Classique which is why we’ve dressed it up as the prettiest girl at the party. If you’re concerned about the Cap Classique in the bottle – don’t worry – it’s still the same Môreson Cap Classique that you know and love.

You’ll know it when you see it because the Môreson Cap Classique is now impossible to miss. Perhaps – if you ask nicely enough – I’ll give you a sneak peak.

This coming weekend – on the 10th and 11th of October 2009 – Franschhoek will belatedly usher in Spring with the third annual Franschhoek Uncorked Festival.

At Môreson – over the Uncorked weekend – we have the following on offer:

• The official launch of our new range of Miss Molly wines. They’re fantastic and if you’re a dog lover you’ll adore the concept, the labels and the wine. We’re offering an Uncorked-only 10% discount on purchases of two cases (12 bottles) or more and a portion of every bottle sold will be donated to the South African Guide-Dogs Association for the Blind. What can we say … Miss Molly has a thing for guide dogs.
• Neil Jewell’s famous food-market will once again be creating delicious cuisine. The Bread & Wine Head Chef does the best mussels and boerewors rolls this side of the equator. With the food he has on offer you’ll find yourself settling down for a snack and staying for the entire day.
• There is an entire children’s section including: a jumping castle, games, snacks, pizza and more.
• Music by Lara Frances – she played last year and was absolutely fantastic.
  A great selection of BMW motorcycles, Landrovers and Warn products on display. The motorcycles, Landrovers and Warn products will definitely keep the guys interested; and, who knows, maybe you’ll finally take the plunge and order that bike you’ve always wanted.
• Lastly the South African Guide-Dogs Association for the Blind – who are proudly supported by Miss Molly – will be at Môreson for the duration of Uncorked.

We’ve checked and rechecked the weather and it looks set to be a beautiful weekend.

See you in Franschhoek.

If any of you found my last post confusing and you’re still trying to find the photos then just click Môreson Blessing of the Harvest 2009 Photo’s and it’ll take you right there.