Foxenburg Goats Cheese
About Foxenburg
A friendly stampede … you are in goat land!
Your soul will simply sigh with happiness on arrival at Foxenburg’s bustling farm yard the handsome home of hand-made goat cheese and yoghurts. Slowly crafted. Award winners. Farm-house flair!
And you cannot leave the farm without smacking your lips on our Certified Organic Extra Virgin olive oil and to-die-for table olives – included in your cheese tour.
Alles eg, plaasvars. Van grond tot mond. Die ware Jakobyn.
The air is fresh and filled with animated conversations between all that is alive in a natural, organic environment at the foot of the protected Groenberg: Swiss Saanen and Black Alpine goats grazing contentedly in a breath-taking landscape … waterbirds skiing on dams … jumping fish … peacocks … cackling hens and furious cockerels … jumping goat kids … long-bearded rams surveying the world through eyes of ancient sages … a tractor rumbling by with hay bales.
It is a working farm … and you are likely to be welcomed by busy goat farmer Marianne Hemmes, keeping a beady eye on the health and happiness of her goats … calling them by names… ! Kiki, Konsternasi … and not to miss Tina, the lucky rescue goat, all the way from Pondoland!
Husband Jan Hemmes is in the background, a techno boffin making sure all the various technologies of a working farm are in sound order.
In the cheesery, amidst huge, shining steel vats, filled with whirling, fresh goat milk – straight from two daily sessions of milking – you will find Foxenburg’s cheesemaker. Wini Borchard has been crafting award-winning cheeses and yoghurts for the past six years in this lush fynbos landscape.
Wini uses 100% whole goat milk – free of artificial preservatives, hormones and antibiotics.
She checks and packs each hand-crafted cheese manually. Why? Because this is Foxenburg … the home of fabulous, joyous quality. Infused with the magical, uncompromising touch of nature. Straight from the warm heart of Foxenburg Estate.
Good for creatures, good for cheese … a biodiversity terrain
It is all goodness … and certified so.
The farm is a recognized priority biodiversity site in the Cape Floristic region. It is a partner of Cape Nature’s stewardship program – with a nature reserve on a large part of the farm.
High mountain terrains are good for goat’s milk. It affects cheese maturation and enhances aroma. You will taste the distinct flavours and textures so typical of Foxenburg’s cheeses.
Last, but not least … the farm is a member of the Renosterveld conservancy – the largest remaining intact piece of Renosterveld left in the Western Cape.
Come stay in our self-catering cottages… And leave your foot prints on sacred ground…
The soul of slow food…
Our cheeses are made from 100% whole goat milk… Free of artificial preservatives, hormones and antibiotics.
Handmade, artisan cheese … it simply means we follow slow production methods … typical of Italian and French farmhouse cheese-making methods … brimming with the wholesomeness of traditional slow food making.
Our soft Chevre, Chabris and cream cheeses are made in the French farmhouse tradition … and the age-ripened hard cheeses such as Renosterbos Mature, Shepherd, Caprino Romano and Foxtail are crafted in Italian farm style.
Foxenburg received several awards for its artisan cheeses from the Slow food Convivium Look out for the snail sticker on our cheeses!
Cheese Descriptions
Hard Cheese
Foxtail
SILVER AWARD – THE WORLD CHEESE AWARDS 2008 · SLOW FOOD AWARD 2014 · SA Dairy Championships: 2nd place in 2005 & 2008 · 3rd place in 2009.Farmhouse Green Peppercorns
CHAMPION CHEESE @ SA Dairy Championship 2008 · 2nd place in 2005.Sheperd
CHAMPION CHEESE @ SA Dairy Championship 2008, 2009 and 2011 · QUALITÉ AWARD at SA Dairy Championship 2009 · 2nd place in 2010.Caprino Romano
SA Dairy Championships: 2nd place in 2009 & 2010.Gouda
CHAMPION CHEESE @ SA Dairy Championship 2015 · 2nd place in 2013.Renosterbos Matured
SILVER AWARD – THE WORLD CHEESE AWARDS 2016 · CHAMPION CHEESE @ SA Dairy Championship 2015 · QUALITÉ AWARDS at SA Dairy Championship 2015 and 2017 · SLOW FOOD AWARD 2014Soft and Semi-Soft Cheeses
Ricotta
SA Dairy Championship: 3rd place in 2006.Cream Cheese
CHAMPION CHEESE @ SA Dairy Championship 2009 and QUALITÉ AWARD.Cottage Cheese Chives
CHAMPION CHEESE @ SA Dairy Championship 2009 and 3rd place in 2010.Chevre
SLOW FOOD AWARD 2009.Feta
SA Dairy Championships: 2nd place in 2010.Chabris
SA Dairy Championships: 3rd places in 2012, 2016 and 2017.Cottage Cheese with Pepper Relish
CHAMPION CHEESE @ SA Dairy Championship 2014.Cottage Cheese with Sour Cream and Chives
CHAMPION CHEESE @ SA Dairy Championship 2015Cottage Cheese Plain
SA Dairy Championships: 3rd and 2nd place in 2015, 2016.Haloumi
SA Dairy Championship: 2nd in 2015.
Foxenburg award-winning yoghurts
Our Plain Greek Style Yoghurt was the CHAMPION YOGHURT at the SA Dairy Championship for five years in a row – from 2013 to 2017! Our Grenadilla Greek Style Yoghurt also became a CHAMPION YOGHURT in 2016. Try our Strawberry, Mixed Berry, Vanilla, Stewed Fruit and Lemon and Lime – all Greek Style double thick – with yearly award-winners amongst them, since 2009.
Foxenburg award-winning organic, extra virgin olive oil
Our olive oils have won yearly awards since 2007 … three GOLD and three SILVER awards in the SA Olive Awards. Plus: a Best of Class in the New York International Competition in 2013 – and a Special Mention in the Marco Zichella Awards in 2010.
Organic table olives
Be sure you get to our olives before our goats do…! A goat will run a mile and jump a fence to heaven and back for an olive leaf or two! However, in spite of our goats’ superior taste buds in their lush fynbos valley – we make sure that we have a yearly small production of organic black mission table olives – selected for quality, size and colour.
Welcome to our olive press barn where cheese tasting takes place … met hartlike gasvryheid onder die Groenberg!
Contact Details
021-873 5617 | www.foxenburg.co.za | info@foxenburg.co.za | Foxenburg Estate, Rooshoek road, Wellington, Western Cape