Muscadel and Rain

With the beautiful rains falling the last two weeks in Calitzdorp I start looking for something more sweet and warming to drink. Well Withoek just released a 375ml of Muscadel. Not too strong - alcohol of 15,5%. Very rewarding in the cooler evenings. And with the summer coming along you can certainly have it with ice as a sundowner.

The Muscadel as you will see is called The Kairos Muscadel. This is in recognition of the Kairos Skills programme which was run earlier this year with Withoek. A weekend course in making fortified wines. You will also see the names of the participants of this first project between the Withoek and Kairos. Watch out for our Cape Vintage also to be released early next year. This will also be in the 375ml bottle which makes it a very pratical packaging and an extremely nice present.

The rain measured on the farm was 22mm last night and yesterday together. I am informed that the rain measured above the Calitzdorp Irrigation dam was 25mm. The water is running down strongly and most of the bridges is overflown. So go and have a look, you will find most of us there. It more practical terms it does mean that we will have an irrigation run in November, December and nearly a full one in January. From this you can gather that the drought still has a grip on us. So pray for more rain.

A wonderful thing about rain is the effect on plants and especially people. Isn't everybody more friendly and the Monday less blue. For the plants you will notice more vigorous growth because of the nitrogen which dissolves in the rain water. Makes a fertilizer and irrigation.

Well enjoy the rain and do have a small Muscadel with it.