Lourens and Lizelle van der Westhuizen at Arendsig, Robertson

Arendsig tasting room, rebuilt, with its Langtafel ready for interesting future events and delicious wine pairing dinners

Some of the current Arendsig wines, which are available for tasting

The small cellar where Lourens makes amazing wine, not just for himself but for several other farms in the area

Small cooling tanks and large oak fermenting tanks.  Much of the wine is made reductively.

Lourens believes in using older wood

Tank sampling in the cellar, lots of very interesting wines to come.  Watch this space.

Lourens waxing lyrical about his excellent Blanc de Noir

The 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon, before we put a case in the car for later drinking – in a year or two

Lourens’s lovely wife, Lizelle

A view of the lovely Bonnievale valley from the lawn

Looking down the valley towards the Robertson valley and the Langeberg mountains

Vineyard workers having their lunch break on the banks of the Breede River. The river is in full flood after the heavy rains last week.

All these photographs are © John Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus cc