de Boerin has been an integral part of Kleinood Farm from the beginning – before the buildings, the wine, the tasting room – she was there when it was just a small patch of land… Autumn was slow in coming...
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A short while ago Tom Wark posted an interesting new letter on the Fermentation blog. The title, In Praise of Colonisation, was rather audacious and came as quite a surprise. His opening paragraph, “Imagine a world without Sonoma Coast Pinot...
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A peek into winemaker Lawrie Moore's diary, and heart, during his first harvest on Kleinood Farm, along with film photographs from the disposable camera which he carried in his pocket. 30 January 2026 Part I: The Great Viticultural Lie The first rule...
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Experience Kleinood Farm with a private guided meander. Then, sit down to savour the fruits of our labour. A moveable feast of storytelling & the making of memories. Open Map Booking essential! This experience takes 3+ hours. It includes a...
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Kleinood Farm is not only about wine but, that said, it is never not about wine... Verjus is an ancient elixir made from green, unfermented wine grapes picked when the grapes are just starting to change colour on the vine. During this...
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On the small farm called Kleinood, in the heart of the Stellenbosch winelands, in the Western Cape province of South Africa, there is a tiny shop in a beautiful little stone cottage in a very old oak avenue. Through the...
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paying homage to a cultivar & its aficionados Gather in a hidden corner of the cellar for a private master Syrah tasting, hosted by the owner and/or winemaker of Kleinood Farm. Sip and discuss a bespoke selection from our vinoteque,...
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READ: The Story of Syrah | Chapter One listen while you read The Kleinood Nocturne A twenty-minute audio experience created from Kleinood terroir. https://www.kleinood.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Kleinood_Naturescape_ft.Kyle%20Shepherd.mp3 READ: The Kleinood Nocturne 312 Years Ago In 1688, the French Huguenot, Jacob de Villiers, arrived...
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READ: The Story of Syrah | Chapter One 25 years ago The moment we set foot on Chatford farm, as it was then called, and named it Kleinood, we knew this would be our life and our work. Since that...
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25 years ago We were dreaming of making Syrah - only Syrah. The terroir afforded us the fruit to make a Rhône Syrah in the most honest way we could - for it to be not of what we did to it...
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