On Kleinood we have always put terroir first in the wine we make. So too, it is ever present in our olive oil, verjus and honey. Why then, if one could taste terroir, could one not wear it and smell it...
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The tasting room on Kleinood is a homely extension of the winery. It captures the intimate and inviting spirit of this small and precious farm. Here we pour our beloved Tamboerskloof wines for family, friends, fans, foreigners and critics alike....
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If you go down to the woods today... Introducing the most beautiful place on earth. The trees are coming into leaf Like something almost being said; The recent buds relax and spread, Their greenness is a kind of grief. Is...
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A collection of rare Tamboerskloof wines inspired by the exceptional grapes that cross our path. Made in the Kleinood Winery. These are small batch wines that are not easily available, and not necessarily made every year. Nattily dressed, (the dandies)...
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Summer, red violin, clear cloud, a buzz saw or cicada precedes you, the vaulted sky, smooth, shiny as an eye, and under your gaze, summer, fish from the infinite sky flattering elytron, lethargic bee belly, devilish sun, terrible and paternal...
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a red blend by kleinood farm "He patiently walks the pastures in search of the best grazing for his flock." The word shepherd derives from Old English sceaphierde / sceap or sheep, and hierde meaning herder. The dutch de herder is...
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Introducing: The Kleinood Tamboerskloof Katharien Syrah Rosé 2023 After each harvest, our beloved Tamboerskloof Katharien Rosé is the first wine to leave the Kleinood winery. But, don't be fooled: to make this rosey wine is a very involved process. It takes years...
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On a May Saturday in 1853, Emily Dickens writes to her brother, Austin: “Today is very beautiful — just as bright, just as blue, just as green and as white, and as crimson, as the cherry trees full in...
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The image, by Vincent van Gogh, representing de Boerin, is not of a successful and enterprising woman, but that of an unassuming peasant woman working the land, alone against a stark landscape - a humble being quietly going about her daily...
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