Piekenierskloof se Ou Wingerd-wyne
So paar weke terug, op ’n sonnige lentedag, kry my oggendroetine effe meer aandag as gewoonlik. Ek trek ’n vrolike rok aan, en krap rond in my gehawende grimeersakkie. Ek moet dit seker nie so prontuit erken nie, maar met die dat ek meestal van die huis af werk, lyk ek meeste dae asof iemand my agterstevoor deur ’n bos [...]
Groot Phesantekraal Wyne, Durbanville
Met honderde wynplase so te sê op ons voorstoepe is Kaapse mense bederf verby. Ek voel half sleg dat een van die naastes aan my, die Durbanville wynstreek, so vreeslik agterspeen suig. Dis slegs 20km van die stad af en dis ’n streek wat uitsonderlike wyne maak, soos ek laasweek weereens besef het toe die mense van Groot Phesantekraal my [...]
Van Loveren Almost Zero rosé and red
I’m a fan. That’s it. Just three words are needed to sum up how I feel about Van Loveren’s Almost Zero range. Well, maybe I’ll add the adjective ‘huge’ into that sentence. Following on from their release last year of Wonderful White – a white ‘wine’ with pretty much no alcohol (as in less than 0,4%) – Van Loveren recently [...]
4-course pairing dinner, The Vault at Taj Hotel, Cape Town
All my friends know by now, if you want to see me, invite me for lunch. Because being the exceptionally glamorous person that I am, I prefer to spend my evenings in slouchy pants, on a slouchy couch, with a cat on my lap and a remote in my hand. These frightfully unsociable instincts are multiplied a hundred times over [...]
New 2019 winter menu at Anthonij Rupert wine estate
Folks often ask me to recommend Cape wine estates to visit. Places that offer good wine in a lovely tasting environment, PLUS good food, PLUS preferably something else on top of all that. We are of course spoilt for choice, but Franschhoek’s Anthonij Rupert Wines is one that I often suggest because, after numerous visits, I know that a good [...]
Kunjani boutique winery, Bottelary Hills, Stellenbosch
There are hundreds of wineries in our beautiful Cape. I figure if I hit one a month for the rest of my life (a girl does have to work you know), I’ll be about 654 years old when I am finally done. Of course my task would be made all the harder by the fact that new wine gems are constantly [...]
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