All and sundry jumped onto the Eben Sadie bandwagon and even the inappropriate moniker of “baby jesus” was bestowed. The only “Baby Jesus” around, is the real one as far as I am concerned and I think this nickname is inappropriate – unless something happened that I don’t know about – I haven’t seen any [...]

I received some wine from Melgab International a few weeks ago and as time is always at a restraint, only got round to start the tasting of these bottles during the past week and I will write about them as I do the whole tasting thing. Remember that this could take a couple of weeks [...]

I admire people who can cook well and make it look easy at the same time. I am one of those people who never – or hardly ever – have the ingredients for a recipe in my kitchen and once I have to check, make a list, go and shop; I give up and buy [...]

I took the drive through to Somerset West for the SA Young Wine Awards and after meeting up with some friends, decided to do the Workshop – a first for the awards. Charl Theron is always great as a lecturer and I found the workshop very interesting, as we got to taste and judge some [...]

Napier Winery owner, Michael Loubscher and his management team, Junior Burger and Leon Bester, took on a project that ended in successful completion last week when 13 houses were handed over to farm workers.
With a backlog of between 450 000 and 500 000 houses in the Western Cape, this is a step on the road [...]

With the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction taking place on 2 October at Spier this year, I thought it only fitting to plagiarise some of their info off their brochure and website to put them on the radar so to speak, and I quote …
“28 Years ago, the Cape Winemakers Guild started a process that would [...]

My Mum used to say that I get so busy looking at the big picture, that I tend to lose sight of the small details. That is why the Teddy Hall 2005 Blanc de Blancs Méthode Cap Classique at the Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Showcase last week was such a serendipitous moment for me.
Except [...]

Tomato, Basil and Bacon Pasta
My Teenagers are complaining that they are bored with my cooking and even though my repertoire isn’t that great, I think it is because they are sort of fed up with “winter” food. So, I have decided to make pasta which always goes down well, with a salad. I have started [...]

Annelize Gerber, the new marketing broom at Riebeeck Valley Hotel is certainly sweeping clean and has big plans to put the hotel back on the map. The Riebeeck valley Hotel is within an hour from Cape Town and the ideal family getaway.
Lizz Meiring known as one of South Africa’s most versatile entertainment artists, a celebrated [...]

Tread Lightly is the name of the Backsberg PET bottled Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc. Now, Tread Lightly because we need to be more careful of what we are doing to the earth or Tread Lightly on others’ feelings because Simon Back from Backsberg thought of this first?
The first thing I thought when saw the bottles [...]