LA MOTTE celebrates bread in all its traditional and original beauty and invites you to visit for a very special and intimate Milling & Baking Experience. Begin in the La Motte Bakery for coffee and croissants before exploring the estate’s gardens and charming historic water mill with head baker Ricardo Slawers, who will introduce the importance of milling in the baking of wholesome bread.
From ancient mill stones to the estate’s historic water mill, you are received in the bakery with its wood-fired oven and an overview of fermentation and the sourdough method, while trying your hand at shaping a loaf and tasting a variety of breads. Important aspects on bread and health as well as practical aspects on evaluating bread, using it optimally and storing it like a professional chef, will be shared.
Enjoy a laid-back lunch while your sourdough loaf is baking and go home enriched with a new appreciation for artisanal bread making and a special gift bag containing a your freshly-baked sourdough loaf, a bottle of your favourite La Motte wine as well as a book The Cultured Loaf by Markus Farbinger.
- La Motte Milling & Bread Baking Experience
- Duration: 9am-1.30pm
- When: Every third Thursday and Saturday of the month, from September 2025
- Cost: R850 per person
- View calendar and more details: September Dates
- Food & Experience Collection
- Book online
