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A collection of timeless garments for women who do The shapes are timeless and forgiving - simple, free and unassuming. The fabric is fresh, natural and honest. Shop The Collection Muses Annetjie Boom was a farmer, innkeeper and restaurateur in the Cape in 1665. She…
Capturing a special place and moment in time - a story of sun and rain, and wind, and soil - to dance in the magic and method of our winery. Listen while you read: The Kleinood Nocturne The Wine Introducing…
Harvest 2022 Lord: it is time. The summer was immense. Lay your shadow on the sundials and let loose the wind in the fields. Bid the last fruits to be full; give them another two more southerly days, press them…
There was dirt once, an entire earth That clung to our bare feet when it rained, Scorched them when it hadn’t, Coated our arms when it rose With the dry, furious wind. How obvious, I thought then, That it…
On Kleinood farm we have always put terroir first in the wine we make. So too, it is ever present in our extra virgin olive oil and honey. Why then, if one could taste terroir, could one not wear it and smell…
de Boerin brings you poppies - small silver adornments made by hand with love, to wear with joy. Women and the bountiful, natural offerings from the Kleinood land was the inspiration behind the objects and extracts that would capture the…
The newly released Tamboerskloof Syrah 2017 awarded 96 points at 2021 Decanter Wine Awards It is with great excitement we wish to report a resounding 96 points awarded for our flagship Tamboerskloof Syrah 2017 in the recently announced 2021 Decanter Wine Awards…
The image, by Vincent van Gogh, now representing de Boerin, is not of a successful and enterprising woman. She is an unassuming peasant woman working the land, alone against a stark and bleak landscape. The image depicts her…
This year we are celebrating Kleinood's twenty first birthday. To commemorate our coming of age, we are launching the sixth vintage of our flagship Tamboerskloof John Spicer Syrah in a way we have never explored before... Kleinood is not only…
John Steinbeck writes on January 1, 1941: "Speaking of the happy new year, I wonder if any year ever had less chance of being happy. It’s as though the whole race were indulging in a kind of species introversion –…
“Meanwhile, in this blink of existence bookended by nothingness, we busy ourselves with survival and with searching for beauty, for truth, for assurance between the bookends. The feeling of that search is what we call meaning. Suffering — biological and…
“A Light exists in Spring Not present on the Year At any other period — When March is scarcely here A Colour stands abroad On Solitary Fields That Science cannot overtake But Human Nature feels. It waits upon the Lawn,…
I Midwinter spring is its own season Sempiternal though sodden towards sundown, Suspended in time, between pole and tropic. When the short day is brightest, with frost and fire, The brief sun flames the ice, on pond and ditches, In…
The making of Tamboerskloof John Spicer Syrah wine is underpinned by a dedication to producing a singular and intensely personal wine of the highest quality. In our cellar winemaking is alchemy. It is wind, rain and soil mysteriously absorbed by…
Wine and Weather (Is that not what wine farmers talk about?) The first grapes on Kleinood were harvested on Tuesday 22 January, when we picked the small amount needed for the 2019 Verjus, which was then bottled three days later.…
Packaging Awards Tamboerskloof Katharien Rosé “Congratulations on your success in the Harpers Wine & Spirit Design Awards 2013. I’m delighted to confirm you’ve achieved a SILVER medal for the best-designed rose! There were only 2 medals awarded in total for…
Too many things have been in the way of writing this newsletter. Right now, it feels as if it should still be March or, at worst, May, but definitely not November. We started so many projects and so many things…
