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.

This week the following football inspired dishes will be available on the Bread & Wine Vineyard Restaurant menu. If you are in, or around, Cape Town you should definitely head out to Franschhoek and join us for a bite to eat, some wine tasting (and purchasing) and a meander around the newly opened Orchid Nursery.

The Menu (Saturday 26th June 2010 – Friday 2nd July 2010)

The English

• Pork & oyster terrine, date puree & bacon chips

The Korean

• Sam gyup sal

The Slovenia

• Pork ring sausage, kopal

The German

• Bratwurst, chou crôute & potato salad

The Dutch

• Frikandellen

This morning we woke-up to snow covered Franschhoek mountains! If you’d like to take a gander at the photos you’ll find them on our Facebook fan page (which you’ll find by clicking here).

Just to clarify this post deals with nothing even remotely dirty. Those of you looking for that are going to be bitterly disappointed!

Neil has put together a range of country specific sausages for the 2010 World Cup. There are all kinds of exciting sausages on offer and we’ll post a list, of what’s available, tomorrow.

Exciting stuff!

It’s Franschhoek Literary Festival this weekend and Franschhoek is going to be BUSY. There’s lots going on and obviously we’d love it if you popped into Môreson to stock up on your wine and charcuterie. Actually now that we think about it you could quickly pick up that case of the new Miss Molly Bubbly … see look how helpful we are.

If you’re planning on spending most of your time in Franschhoek we suggest you pay Le Quartier Français a visit. They have a great promotion running over the weekend. If you have lunch there you could walk off with either a R100 Exclusive Books voucher or a bottle of Miss Molly Wine.

Happy Easter! We hope you and your loved ones have a terrific holiday. If you’re traveling may your journey be a safe one and may your destination be stocked full of Môreson or Miss Molly wines.

Normal posting will resume on Tuesday the 6th of April 2010.

I couldn’t find who this photo belonged to but I thought it was amazing! If it’s yours please let me know – in the comments – and I will happily credit you.

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.

There was a really nice write up about Môreson wines in the most recent Cybercellar Newsletter.

I’ve been receiving (and devouring) these newsletters for a little over a year now. I thoroughly enjoy the level of detail they include and they have inspired me to visit a number of lesser-known farms I would have ordinary not considered.

If you’re looking for a good weekly wine-related read you can subscribe to the Cybercellar Newsletter by clicking here. If you look down the left hand side (you might have to scroll down a little) you’ll find the newsletter subscription block.

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.

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.