Like Lemmings over a cliff …
Author: Juli on 01 September 2010All 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 [...]
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41 Members, One Vision
Author: Juli on 18 August 2010With 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 [...]
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Africa’s prides, kings of the jungle
Author: Juli on 02 August 2010With the recent loss and subsequent recovery of Panjo, the tiger, I decided to ask Paul Hart of Drakenstein Lion Park for some information regarding the facility and to educate people about the need for sanctuaries like this one. Drakenstein Lion Park was established in 1998 to provide lions in distress with a sanctuary, where they [...]
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Turning Farm Workers into Shareholders
Author: Other on 19 July 2010The wine lands do not have a glowing reputation for engaging in Black Economic Empowerment (BEE).Too often, young BEE wine companies are left to sink or swim and can quickly become isolated, with little capital or experience. Despite the view that nothing is being done, an increasing number of wine farms are engaging in transformation. [...]
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Writing History – World Cup virgins Netherland or Spain?
Author: Juli on 08 July 2010The Netherlands’ progress to their third World Cup final with the win setting up a showdown with Spain at Soccer City in Johannesburg on Sunday 11 July. The Dutch lost both of their previous finals in 1974 and 1978 to hosts West Germany and Argentina respectively and Dirk Kuyt wants Holland to make history and win [...]
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My Wine Rack
Posted on
30 August 2010
by Juli
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 [...]
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5 Best Vineyards in the Hunter Valley, Australia
Posted on
27 August 2010
by Other
A few hours drive north of Sydney, Hunter Valley offers wine lovers a unique opportunity to taste some of Australia’s premium wines. There are so many wonderful vineyards to choose from in the Hunter Valley it is a difficult task narrowing them down into a short list. Luckily, there’s a huge range of accommodation to [...]
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Tomato and Onion Tart
Posted on
26 August 2010
by Juli
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 [...]
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Dik Delta Culinary Garden Bears Fruit At Solms-Delta
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24 August 2010
by Other
Wine estate furthers heritage commitment with large-scale indigenous garden
A treasury of nearly forgotten indigenous plants and trees is now firmly rooted at the new Dik Delta Fynbos Reserve, on Franschhoek’s Solms-Delta Wine Estate, thanks to the collaborative efforts of plant and cultural preservationists. At the heart of the reserve is a Fynbos Culinary Garden, its [...]
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2010 SA Young Wine Awards
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24 August 2010
by Juli
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 [...]
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Ethics in the Blogging World ..
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18 August 2010
by Other
I came across an article written by Chris von Ulmenstein and I thought this would make for interesting reading as I am sure we sometimes find ourselves in a dilemma about do we or don’t we …say what we think that is.
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