Remember when no one ever smiled for the camera? In 2008, deadpan is still the style for Poppie (left), Krisjan van Rooyen (rear) and Basjan Manus.

When Basjan first came to work at Stormhoek 40 years ago (he’ll be 63 this year), there were two vineyard horses, Violet and Debbie.

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This is a redraft of a story written by our new vineyard supervisor Lizel Brown late last year.

Sounds scary? I am pretty scared (writes Lizel). Four weeks ago I was a pre-school teacher. But in the last few years, I have spent most of my time being a mother and a housewife. Now I am a man in charge of 7 men and half a dozen women, running the Stormhoek vineyards.

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Jerry and the Filmmakers…

Yesterday (Thursday) I arrived on, what felt like, the set of a documentary. The three film crew where none other than our new friends from Zoopy.

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This is a common sight in the winelands at the moment. (more…)

Our new Stormhoek mate, Robert the Bruce, over at iscatterlings.com has created the most awesome logo for the “own a vine, save a job” campaign.

Please use it, abuse it and give robert all the kudo’s.

Go Robert.

You are losing out “china’s”. There are a few okes that have posted their bits.