Next Monday sees the annual celebration of The Feast of the Grape in the Durbanville Valley, 20 minutes outside Cape Town.
Trample grapes with your bare feet,make wine, make jam, listen to live classical music, tour winefarms on a 4×4, have a picnic, dine in top restaurants, olive tastings, cellar tours, and that’s just for the adults.
For [...]
Summer is here, finally, I think, I hope……
So it’s a good opportunity to hook up with Mike Bampfield-Duggan from Wine Concepts in Newlands and Kloof Street.
This month we look at Rose wines.
I am told that rose wines used to be really diabolical in South Africa very sweet and artificially coloured.
More rose than white is drunk [...]
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Spring is definitely here.
The leading wine farms in the Durbanville Valley have come together for another fantastic programme of wine tasting, live entertainment, food, fun, activities and all round fun.
Over the weekend of October 1st to 3rd you’ll be able to indulge the entire family in a range of activities that will keep kids and [...]
This week it’s a line up of Sauvignon Blancs,all under R50. This is the number one selling type of white wine in South Africa.
We truffled out 8 great Sauvignon Blancs, all widely available.
First up, Diemersdal 2009 Sauvignon Blanc. Classic tropical tastes with hints of citrus. One of the hits of 2010.
Kleine Zalze 2009 Sauvignon Blanc. Grassyness meets herb [...]
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