On a recent Saturday morning a group of members of our wine club and their family and friends gathered at the farm for a day of tree planting, wine tasting and a well-earned lunch. Part of being a Backsberg Wine Club member involves the opportunity to plant a tree in your family's name, on the farm. This ties into our philosophy of care for the environment; it was important for … [Read more...]
Tree and wine pairing for Arbour Month
Backsberg Wine Estate and Starke Ayres Garden Centre came up with a novel way to encourage tree planting last month. With the purchase of a case of wine from the Backsberg tasting room during september, people had the option of taking home either a halleria lucida tree or a voucher for starke ayres in cape town. the latter, in turn, gave away a bottle of backsberg chenin … [Read more...]
