I woke up early and wondered down into the garden, with a cup of coffee to blog. The air was clean and crisp and the only sounds were those of the birds and bees, too waking up to this beautiful morning.
Around 10 we drove into town. It is a pretty town, sleepy and laid back place. We wandered around town for a bit. Most of the shops are either food shops or wine tasting studios. It appears a lot of wine tasting is done in town.
We found the Rebel Wine Testing Studio. Jason and Helen, our hosts, studied law and promptly headed into wine making. They have a boutique operation, where they specialise in sourcing grapes and trying out new techniques. They, along with two other wine making friends, have recently opened up Rebel. We spent a delightful couple of hours tasting his ‘Uncharted’ label of wines, along with a few others. They have some great ideas, like corking their sparkling wine with a crown cap. Jason is a wealth of information about grape variatels, sourcing grapes in the valley and beyond and wine making in general. We left a whole lot more knowledgeable and definitely a tad on the tipsy side.
We wondered along to Oxbow, had a bite to eat and stocked up with the makings for a braai.
We spent the afternoon chilling at home, swimming, reading, sleeping, chatting – we seem to have been on a roller coaster and it was wonderful to take some down time to recharge the batteries.
The boys were so so excited about the idea of a braai. They meticulously gathered wood, set the fire and spent hours getting the coals ready. The food here is all organic, fresh and tasty. A feast was had under the big old trees on the old wooden table around the braai. The only downside were the mosquitoes , which eventually drove us inside for desert. Ice cream in the lounge, trying to guess what in the room might have once sat in the White House.
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