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The Franschhoek Wine Tram experience is the perfect hop-on, hop-off way to explore the amazing wine farms of the area. Choosing your line The wine tram offers 8 lines with 4 routes, and to start off, I suggest you pick the one wine farm that is your must see visit. Once you have done that, … Continue reading Franschhoek Wine Tram, South Africa
Pernod Ricard 2018 The Pernod Ricard 2018 Media Mixer provided us with the opportunity to taste a few new drinks. And revisit some of the ones we sampled last year. The evening began with an overview of the company, its brand, acquisitions and mergers. Most excitingly, we were shown the Jameson advert which has only recently … Continue reading Pernod Ricard 2018 Media Mixer
Elgin Railway Market Dave and I decided that a great way to spend a Saturday morning was to head to the Elgin Railway Market. They are open Friday, Saturday and Sundays and if you are in the mood, you can take the steam train there. However, we decided to take a drive and arrived shortly … Continue reading Elgin Railway Market
True Grit Farmers Market True Grit Farmers Market no longer exists! post left up for reference purposes only. When we are in Europe Dave and I shop every day at a local market. I like having the choice of fresh vegetables, fruit and bread. When I read that True Grit Farmers Market was opening 7km … Continue reading True Grit Farmers Market, Helderberg, South Africa
Sweetwell Revisited I was invited back to the Restaurant at Sweetwell to sample the new menu. The invitation was extended to me by Zomato and again I got to meet some amazing people at the Sweetwell Revisited meetup. They are fully licensed serving a small selection of local red and white wines. We were given … Continue reading Sweetwell Revisited, Somerset West
The Witzenberg Municipality There is more to the Witzenberg Municipality than fruit and mountain passes. But no visit would be complete without starting your journey by driving down the Bainskloof Pass. This 18km stretch of road joins Wellington to Ceres and was built using convict labour in the 1850's. Wine Estates in the Witzenberg Municipality Bergsig Wine Estate This estate … Continue reading Witzenberg Municipality: Cape Winelands
Zest I have been remiss in writing about Zest in Gordons Bay but only because time has not been on my side. Today my mission is to clear my desk before we go on leave and so I am scheduling posts like crazy. Dave and I were invited by Zomato for a meetup at what is … Continue reading Zest, Gordons Bay, South Africa
Out And About: MareSol, Cape Town Dave and I were invited to the launch of the latest V&A Waterfront Restaurant. On the 25th of November we headed into town to enjoy tapas at MareSol. They dish up traditional Portuguese food with hint of Mozambique. Situated close to Quay Four on Pierhead, we had the choice of … Continue reading MareSol, Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Winelands District Municipality I was recently part of a media tour in the Cape Winelands District Municipality. We covered Paarl and Wellington and here are a few snippets from our two days in the area. Fanglasstic This family run business hosted us in painting our own glass plates. 3mm window glass is cut to size … Continue reading Cape Winelands District Municipality
Safari sunscreen is made for the South African sun and helps protect you from UVA and UVB rays, as well as keeping your skin moisturised. In my twenties two things occurred which lead me to wearing sunblock every day of my life on my face. The one was surgical, and the other was when I … Continue reading Safari Sunscreen
I was invited to attend a food pairing experience at Jonkershuis Groot Constantia to celebrate the awards won by the 2013 Grand Constance. Grand Constance is the French translation of Groot Constantia (groot = great in English). Boela Gerber, the current winemaker, started working at the estate shortly before the 2001 harvest. His aim was … Continue reading Groot Constantia, Cape Town South Africa
I was invited to attend The Good Food And Wine Show 2016 by Exposed By Her Public Relations so that I could watch the Short Chef Skinny Chef cooking demonstrations featuring MasterChef SA finalist, Claire Allen, and runner-up, Siphokazi Mdlankomo. It was wonderful to meet them both and they had a hectic schedule. I attended the first session in … Continue reading The Good Food And Wine Show 2016
A Day In Darling - Darling Cellars Named after Charles Henry Darling, the Lieutenant Governor of the Cape in 1851, Darling is a mere 45 minute drive from Cape Town. Darling is now considered a top wine region and our day in Darling starts with a visit to Darling Cellars. Here we are warmly welcomed … Continue reading A Day In Darling | Out And About
December is a madhouse in my office. Our suppliers close down for the year a week before we do, and usually I spend every day working full time. When I received the invitation to head to Simonsig Wine Estate to dine at the newly revamped Cuvée Restaurant, I could not say no. I decided it would … Continue reading Cuvée At Simonsig, Stellenbosch
You would think that I had been sitting at home, doing nothing since my last out and about post but that is not the case. We have been overseas, entertained house guests and made a new discovery. There was a weekly farmers' market at Paardevlei in Somerset West. Sadly, no sooner had it opened and I … Continue reading Friday 27 November 2015 Out And About
I was out and about on Friday 4 September 2015 at Sweetwell Farm for a Zomato Meet Up where the people who work for Zomato gather the people who write reviews for the site, and treat them to a meal at one of the restaurants that advertise on their site. Our meal started with meaty mushrooms … Continue reading Friday 4 September 2015 Out And About
Culminating on Friday 7 August 2015, this is where I have been out and about. Friday 7 August 2015 I was really excited to have been invited to the Good Housekeeping Celebrity Bake Stars 2015 event. After leaving work very early to head out to Cassia Restaurant on the Nitida Wine Estate in Durbanville. I … Continue reading Friday 7 August 2015: Out And About
Out And About 10 July 2015: Big Roast Lorena Gastaldi from Storybook Communications extended an invitation to me on behalf of TuberTek to attend a big roast on 10 July to celebrate the Avalanche potato. This Irish potato has a rough skin and white flesh and is suitable to use in many different ways, as was showcased … Continue reading 10 July 2015 Out And About: Big Roast
Out And About: Friday 26 June 2015 In the lead up to Friday 26 June I attended a function with Zonnebloem Wines. Zonnebloem Wines Last Friday I attended what has to be the most interesting function I have been to in quite some time. Jani-Mari from De Kock Communications invited me to be out and about at … Continue reading Friday 26 June 2015: Out And About
Bistro 13 After the craziness that was last week, Dave and I were out and about in June 2015 at Bistro 13 to end the week off on a high note. I was there in my personal capacity, but thought I would share with you photographs of our meal, and of me with Faf du … Continue reading June 2015 Dining Out And About