Our Father’s Day prize, a bottle of Hartenberg’s The Stork 2008 Shiraz goes to Antonino Allegra, for the charming letter his daughter wrote about her Dad.
Hi Clare, my name is Xanthia Allegra. Im just 5 days old, please excuse my english cause is not yet top notch, my father speaks with his hands and [...]
Mussels are tasty, inexpensive, nutritious, sustainable (that will keep all the folk at SASSI happy) and are in plentiful supply.
So why is it so hard to get a decent bowl of these fresh beauties in Cape Town?
I mean, we are 3/4’s surrounded by fresh unpolluted ocean, and, in fact, you can actually forage on beaches [...]
It’s Friday – let’s get in the mood.
It’s also Oesfees weekend, and to get you in the mood we are running a small competition to ask readers to guess what this device is.
First in will win a Heritage Farm Tour at Solms Delta followed by a meal for two at Fyndraii Restaurant, prepared for you [...]
Steenberg and Slow Food Mother City will be hosting an exclusive MEAT FREE MONDAY DINNER at fine dining restaurant, Catharina’s, on Monday 2 April 2012. The 3-course set vegetarian menu (R195 per person), will be prepared by Catharina’s Executive Chef, Garth Almazan, who as a pre-dinner treat for foodies, [...]
What a great idea!
Take Spain’s national dish and organise a competition to see who makes the best one.
I was asked to be a judge, along with some Spaniards living in Cape Town and Brent Meersman of the Mail and Guardian.
The event was the brainchild of ebullient Spanish Consul General, Ignacio Garcia-Valdecasas, and he turned the [...]
That’s right, we’re giving away three Solar Jars from Consol Glass.
Designed by Ockert van Heerden and John Bexley, the jars features a solar panel on the lid which powers led lights inside.
It has been chosen as one of the 10 most beautiful objects produced in South Africa by a panel of design journalists and cultural [...]
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The ANC, if you haven’t heard, is 100 years old this year.
As part of the celebrations a commemorative range of celebration wines has been produced. Not whisky, not cognac, and not champagne, but wine. South African wine. Sourced from 10 wine producing regions.
A variety of limited edition wines (sourced from 10 grape growing regions) have [...]
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We had a huge entry - 123 e.mails – the highest we’ve ever had for a competition.
It was a difficult task; to match our panels eventual choice of the ten best restaurants.
Nobody achieved this.
But one person got 8 out of the 10 correctly.
And that person is Michael McKenzie of McGregor and The Waterkant, Cape Town.
We congratulate him, wish [...]
A big congratulations to the 100 Places to Eat that made the Top 100 list. The reaction to the list has been extraordinarily positive.
But the judging didn’t stop there, as the panel had to go on and chose the Top 10 Places to Eat from this list.
Last night, the Top 10 places were revealed to [...]
Here’s a great opportunity to win a prize of a meal for two in each of the Top 10 Places to Eat in Cape Town, as judged by the adjudication panel in the inaugural Fleur du Cap Top 100 Places to Eat Cape Town 2011.
This great prize is worth in excess of R10,000.
This coming [...]
We are pleased and delighted to announce the inaugural Fleur du Cap Top 100 Places to Eat Cape Town 2011.
This is the first time that there has been a focus on Cape Town and the peninsula, and also a first time for the focus to be on all the places that people love to eat in, [...]
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I had heard about the Amarula Cocktail Competition and remembered a more youthful past where B52’s were part of any evening out.
I remember that using a cream liqueur in a cocktail was a tricky business as it floated on top of most spirits you mixed it with and also you had to be careful not to mix [...]
Tired of all the wine competitions?
Flummoxed by the endless lists of best Sauvignons? best this, best that?.
Completely confused when you visit your local supermarket or bottle shop to buy wine?
How do you chose? Is it the label? Do you go on price? Name? The number of prize winning competition winning stickers?
Can the sales assistant help? How [...]
The growing year is over, the harvest is safely in, it’s time to relax and celebrate with Nitida Wine Farm in beautiful Durbanville Wine Valley.
This holiday weekend sees a two day harvest festival which starts this Sunday, March 20th at 16:00.
Sterling EQ, comprised of 4 lovely musical lassies, will have you dancing on the lawns with [...]
I like simple competitions.
Zonnebloem have come up with a great little one.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/ZonnebloemWine?ref=ts
They’ve teamed up with Le Creuset, and there’s a pot a month going. All you have to do is open up the Facebook link and click on the “I like” option.
How simple is that? There’s the link, away you go.
The winners of the two magnums of Pongracz Rose Bubbly are;
Drumroll………..
1. Michelle Edwards – because she seems ready to drink it any way.
and
2. Kim. Who would drink it with her two sisters. I like this kind of creativity and lateral thinking.
Girls, can you please e.mail me asap on clare@spill.co.za with your addresses so that we [...]
Allee Bleue in Franschhoek have launched their first MCC, their second wine produced by award winning winemaker Van Zyl Du Toit.
It’s a brut rose, made from 53% Chenin Blanc and 47% Pinotage.
A delicate salmon pink in colour, it has been tank and bottle fermented and aged for 10 months.
This is a wonderfully crisp and well [...]
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 [...]
Congratulations to all our entrants for this competition, and we had a lot of them.
But sadly, only six can win, and it was tough picking out just six.
Here are the winning entries.
We will be in contact seperately by e.mail to sort out delivery etc.
Well done again everyone.
Clare. xxx
Glenda Nevill.
Dear Spill
The thing is, I take care [...]
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