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Fill the Winter months with good cheer. Join us every Saturday for a day reminiscent of times gone by….of merriment; eating & drinking….of sharing games & family fun. A book of coupons @ R100 purchased on arrival enables you to purchase goodies from the butcher; the baker; the candlestick maker and many other stalls to [...]

  Just a reminder that Backsberg has three spectacular Valentine’s Day offerings for you to choose from; a Romantic breakfast for two with extra special trimmings, a picnic lunch to share under the trees or a Danièle Pascal show and dinner, ending the day off with lyrics in the language of love.   Dinner,  Danièle [...]

2012 BACKSBERG WEDDING PACKAGES

Backsberg has three spectacular Valentine’s Day offerings for you to choose from; a Romantic breakfast for two with extra special trimmings, a picnic lunch to share under the trees or a Danièle Pascal show and dinner, ending the day off with lyrics in the language of love. Breakfast: On arrival you will each receive a [...]

On the 28th and 31st of January we will be hosting two seminars run by  Nancy Gilchrist MW. There are only 299 Masters of Wine in the world currently. Together with  Master Sommelier,  these are the highest wine qualifications one can obtain. We are looking forward to hearing what Nancy can teach us.

Backsberg Estate Cellars, in association with kykNET, can’t wait to have you on the farm for their third Picnic Concert Series. Brilliant artists such as: Freshly Ground, Francois van Coke, Koos Kombuis and Dan Patlansky will have you tapping your toes to their awesome acoustic vibes. There is a slight twist with the series this year as each of [...]

It is arbour month, and we have saved up our arbor event to tie in with Heritage day (also know as National Braai Day). But before we get to braais, boerewors, All Blacks and broodtjies let me tell you about the tree planting.

Here is a blog post I wrote after we held the Students of Backsberg Lunch on the farm a month or so back: The Back family, of Backsberg Estate Cellars in Paarl, showed me this weekend the true value of education: freedom. Hosted on the estate this past Saturday was the inaugural Students of Backsberg [...]

Let’s get the basics out the way: Vino Varsity went down last Friday. UCT kicked some ass and took the honours. Well done Ikey Ice Buckets. Rhodes took part for the first time. Maties surprised everyone by coming second.

It’s that time of year again, and this year’s Paarl Rotary Club MTB race is going to be a cracker. You will be skidding, pedaling, and sweating your way up and down the exquisite Paarl Valley ending off on our estate. The event is Organized and managed by the members of the Paarl Rotary Club, under the [...]