Hannes' Photo Blog

I was thrilled when Keet and Andrea invited me to give a talk about the Fundamo story to companies participating in the Grindstone Accele...

It was a white wine tasting with a difference. Not only did Fred surprise us with some excellent examples of white wine-making in South Afr...

After a long wait in the hospital corridors outside the theatre, I saw the staff push my wife, Annelie to her room. She was still heavily s...

John Platter published a listing of all South African wines in 1982. Since then, the book was published every year and became the ipso fact...

We attended the celebration of Philip's seventy years birthday celebration. The event was held at Arugula in Welgemoed. The food, servi...

Annelie is doing a great job of a renovation project for one of our rental properties. Not only is the kitchen, bathroom and bedrooms now b...

I thrived on the intellectual challenges at work: how to authenticate a payment best, what do subscribers really want from mobile money, et...

It was announced yesterday that I decided to leave Fundamo at the end of January. Today, I spoke to the staff about my decision and the exc...

We enjoyed a bistro-style lunch at Lola's on Long Street before an early evening movie in the Waterfront. The fresh Kingklip mains was ...

I found an ardent geocacher in my grandson, Arden. We successfully searched for and found four caches during a most enjoyable search, predo...

I dropped my mother off at the airport after an extended stay with us at de Wijnlanden. It was special times to entertain the eighty-eight ...

We hosted Quintus and Rielle for dinner at de Wijnlanden on a seven course dinner with wines paired with each dish. Annelie did an amazing ...

Arden was full of excitement to show us his new skill when we visited Ernst for Sunday-lunch. Without any fear for having his head under wa...

We were only two children: me and my brother. Since childhood we had a close relationship. That is why it was so special that he and his ...

As the sun rises over the Helderberg, I hear the Egyptian geese waking up on the Meerlust dam, far away a rock pigeon is calling his mate w...

Just before going to bed after watching a late-night movie, I discovered a burst pipe in the garden. After some urgent phone calls I manage...

A three liter bottle of wine is called a Jeroboam. Me and my brother were confronted with a High Constantia Clos Andre 2008 Jeroboam. With ...

Dawie and Liza Adlem visited us at Meerenbosch. We cooked "flat" chickens in the Weber and talked cricket, triathlons and life in...

I took a lethargic and feverish Nonnatjie to the vet. After the vet tested her blood the verdict was rickettsia. The good news is that the ...

What a blessing to have our children and grand-children at MeerenBosch to celebrate the most well-known Christian day. As Spiderman and a y...