Tag: Springfontein

• We’ve been messing around…

  …. earlier today; just by random selecting some pictures for a slide show which you can enjoy on YouTube. These are all pictures we shot during the last 6 months in and around our village and there is absolute no logic in the sequence. Yes, we’ve been messing around a bit. The YouTube does not…

  Herman van Bon Photography

  June 28, 2013

  destination, green cathedral of south africa, photography, South Africa, Stanford, tourism, travel, Uncategorized, wine

  Anton Boshof, Blue Moon, computer, Food4thought, Green Houde, Hair by Belinda, internet, Karuna Pooke, model, Natasha van der Merwe, Nonkosinati, Springfontein, Stanford River Lodge, styling, technology, tourist, winery, youtube

• Wine tasting

  Most tourists to South Africa who focus on wine tasting limit themselves to the known wine producing areas in and around Cape Town and the Breede River Valley including Robertson. And virtually all visit the known cellars of which the wines are also available in the supermarkets abroad. We always prefer the off the beaten…

  Herman van Bon Photography

  May 7, 2013

  destination, photography, South Africa, Stanford, tourism, travel, wine

  Bosch Rivier, Brunia, magnificent sight, Misty Mountains, Raka, Robert Stanford, Springfontein, stanford hills, tasting, tourism Bureau, Vaalvlei, wine, Wine farms, wine makers

• Vineyards and their spin-off

  

  It’s amazing to see the developments of the different wine producing farms in Stanford since our arrival here in July last year. Not only new vineyards are planted but we also noticed that wines from this village are merely exported to upmarket Europe and North America. While most wine-tasting tourists limit themselves to visit known…

  Herman van Bon Photography

  December 15, 2012

  destination, flowers, South Africa, Stanford, tourism, Uncategorized, wine

  cellars, farm workers, farmers, human capital, living conditions, protest actions, Raka, Robert Stanford Eastate, Springfontein, stanford hills, terroir, vineyards, viticulturist, Wine farms, winemaker