This is my first wine auction, and I was delighted to be invited by Distell to cover the proceedings.
The organisers brought in a top guy from Bonhams Auctioneers in London who took bids from a large group of people in a tent. I’d say the fact that he spoke as if he had marbles in his mouth [...]
When the Grand first opened they got hammered for bad food, bad service, poor attitude and more.
Heck, I couldn’t even get in, so useless was their booking system. So I gave it a wide berth for a long time, but happened to be driving past Green Point the other day at lunchtime and decided to call [...]
This book is a “Guide to unexpected people, places and potations in the Winelands”.Potations, if you didn’t already know it, means drink. And knowing Neil (and sure who doesn’t), you’d know that would be wine.
10 days, 100 wineries, over 1,200 wines tasted. This diary tells the story of that road trip, or should I say, [...]
This is my favourite vegetarian casserole and it’s one I love to cook on a day like today – cold, windy, rainy and completely miserable.
You’ll need the following ingredients;
2 tablespoons of oil ( I use sunflower)
1 chopped onion.
2 crushed garlic cloves.
700g of potatoes, cut up into chunks.
4 Thickly sliced carrots.
2 thickly sliced parsnips.
I medium celeriac, [...]
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