THE WEATHERMAN promised sunshine on Sunday 30 April in Cape Town, but would-be picnickers were warned that it could be cloudy on Saturday the 29th, the first day of the Pick n Pay Wine & Food Festival at the Kenilworth Racecourse. Who knew what the weather would do when the roadshow got to Durban’s Chris Saunders Park in uMhlanga on
Read moreTHERE ARE over 150 farms in Stellenbosch where you are welcome to taste and buy some wine from a cellar on the premises. Of these, around 70 also offer food, either by way of a restaurant or platters of this and that, some of which entail ordering in advance. So which are the best farms to visit in this beautiful
Read moreTHE R43 244 fetched for a single bottle of the 1966 GS Cabernet at the Strauss & Co auction in Johannesburg on 15 May 2022 was the second-highest price ever paid for this wine – the highest being R91 040, fetched in a sale conducted by the same auction house in September 2021. The occasion this time round was the
Read moreEVEN WHEN it isn’t Easter, there are at least nine top cellars in the Cape winelands of South Africa where the tasting-room experiences extend to chocolate-and-wine pairings. Clearly dessert wine is not the only route to go to enjoy a good marriage, but there are also a number of options should you want to dive straight in, so to speak:
Read moreOF SOUTH AFRICA’S top wine cellars that are open to the public, some have taken their tasting-room experience to another level when it comes to matching what’s in the glass with what’s on the plate, or vice versa. See below for what is currently on offer – just click on the links for more information and how to book a
Read moreLOVE HIS WORK! For those who haven’t already had a chuckle over the artist’s recent contributions on the subjects of food and wine pairing, and best value at under R100 a bottle, see here and here. For more about one of South Africa’s famous creatives, click here.
Read moreIT WASN’T that long ago when the edibles in a Cape winery’s tasting room were limited to water biscuits or cream crackers. Today, some of South Africa’s best restaurants are located alongside some of the country’s top cellars and matching wine with food at the cellar door extends to a variety of different experiences, some offered even where there aren’t complete meals to
Read moreWHERE TO PICNIC in the winelands of South Africa, near a winery, not far from the vines? Here are the best spots to purchase a picnic basket full of good food and wine in the countryside when wine-routing in the Cape. The are all on farms associated with highly rated reds or whites, bubblies or sweet dessert wines, i.e. the venues are
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