BOSMAN FAMILY VINEYARDS
Hermanus
30th September 2021 – Tour Report

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Our 32 seater coach set off from Cape Town on a summer’s day heading to the Hemel en Aarde Valley. On approaching Somerset West, we noticed the mountains there full of clouds, indicative of strong wind in the area!  On arrival at Bosman Wine Estate we were told that we could no longer sit on their patio with the stunning views, as the wind was howling through the valley.  No under-estimation – 10 brave souls wanted to do their nature trail with Hendrik and standing  in front of the restaurant they were having ‘secret’ doubts about the wind – but strangely the higher we got up the nature trail the less the wind was blowing – and ‘we were in for a treat’. 

Hendrik is passionate about the area, and we were lucky to still see some rare spring flowers along the route.  He explained the fynbos extremely well and the peace we experienced in this fynbos field surpassed everything – hard to believe that 10 minutes away lies Hermanus with all the people, cars, and trucks!  High on the Bosman estate one forgets everything and finds a unique stillness……….

The field that they have directly in front of the restaurant had many species of proteas blooming, along with arums and other flowers – so lovely to be able to see this as well.

Lunch was served inside the restaurant and by the time the ‘walkers’ had returned many tables were already munching their way through platters (which is Bosman’s speciality)  ?

We tucked in to: A selection of Bresaola, Spicy Chorizo, Parma Ham, Gruberg Cheddar, brie and gorgonzola, crisp flat bread, fig preserve, cherry tomato chutney and olives.  This was followed by ARANCINI salad, Mushroom and mozzarella arancini with wild mushroom sauce, and PASTEIS DE NATA for dessert

The creamy gorgonzola had a few of the ladies asking for the supplier of this delicious cheese and the cherry tomato chutney was another hit!  All in all, very good comments, and a lovely way to enjoy a good glass of wine and chat with friends over lunch.

Another favourite of the day were the bunches of proteas sold at the low price of R50 each! In fact, so many bunches were requested that they had to quickly cut additional bunches – not forgetting the many boxes of their wine, loaded in the coach on departure.

We had a ‘compulsory’ stop at Peregrines where many of the ladies’ gathered and came out ‘laden’ with packets of nice goodies to take home!

Constantia was the first drop off point at 17:00 with Tableview getting back to the pick-up point by 18:00.

All together a superb day spent out in the country with friends.

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