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…

Photo by Sacha Fernandez

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…

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…

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…

Ethics in the Blogging World .. 18 Aug 2010 | 12:12 pm

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…

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…

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,…

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…