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Celebration of the Vine – Harvest Festival 2023 – POSTPONED

POSTPONEMENT Due to harvest pressures, we regret to inform you that the Celebration of the Vine event has been postponed to a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and will keep you updated on the new date and time. Please watch this space for further announcements. Wine partners Black Oystercatcher Trizanne Signature Wines The Berrio Land's End Wines Zoetendal Wines The Drift Estate Bruce Jack Wines Thank you for your understanding and we look forward to celebrating with you soon. Follow us on social media for the latest news and updates. Book Now [...]

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67 instruments – Mandela Day

Do you have a lovingly used second hand musical instrument to pass on to a child in need? From Napier, the Cape Flats all the way to Houtbay, we will distribute your gift to children in urgent need of stimulation and healthy activities. Whatsapp your name and email address to 072 175 7922 or send us a private message on our Facebook or Instagram page. All donations can be dropped off at a Bothners Musical Instruments near you and we will do the rest. Proudly Collaborating with: The Headstart Trust MusicWorks Kronendal Music Academy of Hout Bay Butler Youth Development

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The HeadStart Trust Rural Relief Effort

The HeadStart Trust has been working in poor, marginalised communities of the Cape for over 10 years. In the last 5 years activities centred around Napier in the Overberg, where the Jack family farm. Working at Protea Primary in Napier, we started with an organic vegetable garden development, warm beanies for the young learners in winter, donations of extra furniture and annual stationery and art equipment. We also arranged outreach programmes from privileged schools in Cape Town to do community service in Napier. In 2018 The HeadStart Trust introduced a Music Education Programme. The results reflected international experience and research and [...]

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Bruce Juice – February 2020

Why The Agulhas Triangle is Special in the World of Wine Geology, Climate and Happenstance Geology and Climate Around 330 million years ago various continents found themselves in God's mosh pit of geology. The headbanging band raging on heaven’s stage was called “Plate Tectonics” (Previously known as “Continental Drift”) and was renowned for throwing up massive mountains and magically creating a treasure trove of minerals - most prosaic of which (gold and diamonds) would end up helping to build European cities like Edinburgh and London, etc... It was a gig to remember. By the time South America, Australia, India, Madagascar [...]

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Take a journey of exploration to Africa’s southernmost corner and discover the unique wines of the Agulhas Wine Triangle

Once a year – for one day only – the wineries from Africa’s southernmost corner around Cape Agulhas come together to deliver a feast of flavours distinctive of this extreme wine growing area. This year the festival takes place on Saturday 9 November at the Black Oystercatcher wine farm. The wineries of the Agulhas Wine Triangle share a spirit for exploration and adventure as the pioneers of a group of exciting, new wine growing regions in South Africa which are characterized by their proximity to the coast, extreme, cooling winds and ancient soils. They are known for producing elegant, terroir driven [...]

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Agulhas Wine Triangle collaborate in adapting to climate change

Tackling the prospects of climate change by sharing knowledge and experience is one of the drivers behind the formation of the Agulhas Wine Triangle (AWT). There are currently eight (8) brand owner members, located in a triangle stretching from Gansbaai in the west to Napier, across to Buffeljags and Malgas in the north east and incorporating Elim in the very south. The locally-based members are Lomond, Bruce Jack Wines, Olivedale Wines, Sijnn, Black Oystercatcher and Strandveld Vineyards. The two other members are Ghost Corner and Trizanne Signature Wines both of whom source their fruit in this area. “Climate change has made [...]

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