The Western Cape Farm worker competition each year recognises the valuable and important role farm workers play towards the sustainability and growth of agriculture in South Africa and highlights the various career opportunities available in the agricultural sector. This year saw more than 1000 entrants from 15 regions, including Franschhoek. Rose van Wyngaard was appointed...

Over the next week we will share a few recipes for sauces traditionally made in the Cape Winelands. From a sour sauce for slaphakskeentjies to a sauce for Crayfish and an interesting anchovy and caper sauce to serve with pickled ox tongue. This week, we share a meat sauce made with almonds and ginger. With...

This is the last week of the Franschhoek Art in Clay Festival. Titled, The Setting – contemporary ceramic tableware, the beautiful exhibition in the La Motte maturation cellar features 30 ceramic artists and studios as well as a set table by The Potter’s Gallery. Do make a point of visiting us this week! If you...

Accompaniments play an important role when it comes to food and wine matching. Your choice of a Béarnaise sauce or red wine jus with your fillet will impact on your choice of wine in quite a serious way! Sauce might go by a variety of names – from the humble gravy to the posh velouté...

Acclaimed Pierneef à La Motte Restaurant on La Motte Estate has just introduced its Summer Menu – a celebration of traditional Cape Winelands Cuisine, served in a way that both entices the palate and stimulates conversation. While the new menu stays true to the estate’s passion for conserving heritage and tradition as well as its...

Wood as a medium brings endless potential with its inherent natural grain, form and rawness. Jackson Hlungwani is amongst South Africa’s best known contemporary artists and sculptors who made this medium his own and refer to it as ‘woodwork’. He is also one of the Helgaard Steyn Award Winners – the current contemporary exhibition in...

In October La Motte’s rose garden is a spectacular sight and this year we will open the private garden to the public during the weekend of Franschhoek Open Gardens. To celebrate the beauty of this special flower, we have also arranged a Talk by South African authority on roses, Ludwig Taschner of Ludwig’s Roses. Join...

Media Release Oct 21 2014 12:00 La Motte Wine Estate has again been recognised for its efforts with sustainability. At the Nedbank Green Wine Awards, presented from The Vineyard Hotel on Thursday, 16 October, the estate was announced to be the Overall winner in the category for Best Farming Practices, while also winning the categories...

Media Release Oct 21 2014 12:00 La Motte Wine Estate has again been recognised for its efforts with sustainability. At the Nedbank Green Wine Awards, presented from The Vineyard Hotel on Thursday, 16 October, the estate was announced to be the Overall winner in the category for Best Farming Practices, while also winning the categories...

La Motte is joining the galleries and studios in the Franschhoek Valley for the fourth annual Art in Clay Festival. Taking place from 25 October to 30 November this year, La Motte will present an exhibition of contemporary ceramic tableware, aptly titled, The Setting, celebrating its dedicated focus on wine and food as well as...