A season for taste and tradition
Seasonal cooking became fashionable again a few years ago. And the truth is, it should never have gone out of fashion! It makes so much sense from a sustainability, economic, health as well as taste...
View ArticleOne pot wonders: Stephanie’s Chicken Curry
With the promise of stormy winter weather in the Cape Winelands, we asked staff to contribute their recipes for warming one pot wonders. Brand Manager, Stephanie van Rensburg, shares her recipe for an...
View ArticleWarming Seafood Soup
In the days of the early Cape, meat was scarce and the ocean was big. We can therefore easily assume the fish dishes were often served. The Cape cooks improvised and adapted their fish soup recipes...
View ArticleChardonnay – a classic is a classic
There was a time when Chardonnay was almost the brand name for white wine, a time when a white wine drinker, was a Chardonnay drinker. Then it changed and for a while Chardonnay was not the go-to...
View ArticleTribute to My Father, Hendrik Pierneef by Marita Pierneef-Bailey
Celebrating Father’s Day, a special note of reference to the father and daughter relationship of acclaimed South African landscape artist JH Pierneef and his daughter, Marita Pierneef-Bailey as per her...
View ArticlePerfect for winter – the La Motte Vinoteque Tasting
The age of a bottle of wine can be quite important. And just as with people, wines can be quite sensitive about the issue. Not all wines get better with age, some prefer to be enjoyed while young and...
View ArticleClassical Music Programme for Second Semester
Inspired by La Motte’s owner and internationally renowned mezzo-soprano, Hanneli Rupert-Koegelenberg, La Motte’s close association with classical music is celebrated by a series of monthly classical...
View ArticleA celebration of artistry – 2015 Pierneef Syrah Viognier released
In a year when the life and work of famed South African artist, JH Pierneef is celebrated at La Motte with a tribute exhibition, the exceptional performance of the estate’s premium Pierneef Syrah...
View ArticleMuch more than an aperitif – Release of 2017 La Motte Sauvignon Blanc
Acclaimed as an aperitif-style wine and enjoyed for its refreshing character and accessibility, there is more to La Motte’s Sauvignon Blanc than upfront fruit flavours and a crisp acidity – from...
View ArticleAn Old South African Master
JH Pierneef was born on 13 August 1886 in Pretoria. During 1900-1903, Pierneef and his family moved to Holland, where works of old European masters made a lasting impression on him.On the family’s...
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