With most of our lives based online these days, it makes sense to make booking your stay at Pat Busch even more convenient. And with this in mind, we have recently added an online booking facility to our website. With a simple click of a button you can book and plan your weekend or family holiday away at a time that suits you. No worries about phoning during office hours or fretting over whether your preferred dates are available, availability is visible online and made so much more convenient for you. For those who prefer the personal touch, you are always very welcome to call us in the office or make a booking via email as you always have done.

We are a rather generous bunch and partial to various specials and discounts throughout the year, including special rates for school holidays, pensioners discounts and giveaway midweek packages.
 
If you ‘like’ our Facebook page you can be privy to these great offers first. So don’t delay, we won’t disappoint!

With a setting like Pat Busch Private Nature Reserve, your wedding could not be more memorable. Surrounded by mountains, green valleys and the splendour of nature, sharing your vows with your nearest and dearest is nothing short of idyllic. Generally, guests enjoy a weekend-long wedding with their friends & family staying in the various cottages and farmhouses on the farm within walking distance. Their reception and ceremony takes place outdoors with the natural beauty of the nature reserve as witness.

            
 
PHOTOS : Carl and Barbara Kritzinger Wedding April 2011.

Recently the team from Under the Influence visited Rusticus cellar for a short video interview on all things Viognier with winemaker Stephan Busch.
 
Our range of wines have recently been tasted and adored by the panel at Under the Influence and have subsequently been listed on their website.

After a very successful and fun SLOW festival, where we had almost 45 guests enjoying pasta and gnocchi making between them, we were pleased to discover a review in The Month by Brett Garner & Cami Lake. Although they did not participate in the food evenings, they thoroughly enjoyed our wines and their visit to Rusticus.

Its time for the annual Wine on the River festival in the valley of wine and roses. A firm favourite in the diary of many a wino, the festival takes place on the banks of the Breede river. Think rolling lawns, picnics, music, food and an enormous selection of Robertson wines.
  
The festival takes on a new edge this year, with an open invite for funny hats. The winning hat will enjoy a complimentary weekend in the valley and two pairs of Glider sunglasses.

With the peace and tranquility that comes with a break in the country, you can also treat and pamper yourself to a variety of beauty, health and wellness treatments in and around Klaasvoogds.

On the wellness side, Lindi Busch offers Reiki treatments for guests staying on the reserve. A Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy. Reiki treats the whole person including body; emotions, mind and spirit creating many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and well-being. A Reiki session is approximately an hour long.

To book an appointment with Lindi please call 072 589 7407 or alternatively email lindi@patbusch.co.za.  

Seems there will be plenty of opportunity for sunshine and long weekend lunches in the summer months to come, we are offering a great special on our RUSTICUS VIOGNIER 2009 for the month of October. We are offering 15% off every case of 6 bottles. To take up this special offer, contact stephan@rusticus.co.za.

Tasting notes:
Ripe, soft white pears with notes of lime and toasted almonds, punctuated by whiffs of peach blossoms and hot buttered toast. Initial smooth and creamy entry on the palate, followed by a lively, mineral and citrus acidity inspiring a fresh palate.

Not sure what to get those colleagues, company associates, secretaries, business partners or significant others as a thank you for friendship or great service, or simply as a year end surprise, what about as a Christmas or New Year’s present? Stress no further ...

  
We are offering a special like no other, a 3 bottle display pack of Rusticus Viognier 2009 (4 star Platter), Rusticus Odyssey 2008 (3.5 star Platter Bordeaux blend) and as yet unrated but highly acclaimed Rusticus Swansong 2009 SMV blend, including a solid stainless steel & cherry wood cork screw all for only R300 including delivery to anywhere in Cape Town. So why not spoil that special person with an exclusive gift pack?

Bookings are filling up quickly for the summer school holidays so don’t leave your holiday plans for the last minute. Pat Busch Reserve offers 2000 hectares of pristine mountain reserve for swimming, hiking, bass fishing in freshwater mountain dams, mountain biking and 4x4 routing, not to mention all the activities available in our surrounding area such as wine tasting, boat trips, rock climbing in Montagu and so much more!
  
Book an affordable family getaway this holiday and make the most of what our valley has to offer, you won’t be disappointed.