Latest News from La Motte

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...

The Helgaard Steyn awards currently on exhibition in the La Motte Museum showcases the winners of these prestigious awards between 1987 and 2013. Rotating between the disciplines of painting, literature, sculpture and composition, one of the award winners on display is Professor Johan Christoffel (JC) Kannemeyer (1939-2011). Professor Johan Christoffel (JC) Kannemeyer (1939-2011) JC Kannemeyer’s...

With its varying shades of pinks and whites, an array of shapes and sizes and a complex network of petals and leaves, the protea family of flowers is a very important part of the Cape Floral Kingdom and they also adorn the mountainside on La Motte. It is their spectacular beauty and flamboyance that also...