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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 Daniel Pascal show and dinner, ending the day off with the language of love. Breakfast: On arrival you will each receive a glass of love [...]

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 [...]

After two successful dinners  - Hot Water and Daniele Pascal – we are hosting an evening of Jazz, jiving, and drinking some delicious wines. Velvet Touch, one of Cape Town’s best known Jazz quartets will be performing on Friday the 5th of August at the farm. Join us at 19:00 for 19:30 before taking a seat [...]

Here are two recent interviews I did: a podcast interview with the UK Wine Show’s Chris Scott and a twitter interview with House and Leisure magazine.

On the 16th of July we’ll be celebrating Bastille day by bringing a little bit of France to Backsberg with a three course French styled meal and the ever brilliant Daniele Pascal. R180 will get you a starter, main course and dessert as well as tea or coffee, and an evening’s entertainment. The event starts [...]