Did you know that it’s free to go up Table Mountain on your birthday - just take your ID/drivers license along with you on the day.
Well I spent a few hours at the top yesterday with Lovely Lis and what a view - check it out below:

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Last Friday I met up with The Wine Thief at The Roundhouse for a glass of wine and a catch up.
The view from there is spectacular - I mean just look at it:

Anyway, that night I experience something even better than the view - a truly amazing wine. The wine also happened to be a [...]

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I’ve become a bit of a coffee perv lately - I’m becoming increasingly addicted to the stuff.
Luckily here in Cape town we are blessed with some exceptional boutique coffee shops -a trend that gives the city a really amazing atmosphere and is about the only reason my good friend Rob Smith now lives in Cape [...]

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It’s pretty chilly in Cape Town today and winter seems to be trickling into to town.
So what better way to warm the soul and lift the spirits than a glass or two of Gluhwein!
Here’s a simple recipe:
750ml red wine
2/3 cup of sugar
2 cinnomon sticks
5 cloves
1 big bay leaf
1 sliced up lemon
1 sliced up orange
2 cardamon [...]

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What is the most expensive bottle of wine in the world?

Chateau Lafite 1787
The bottle of wine that fetched the highest ever price was Chateau Lafite, 1787. It fetched a price of $160,000 at Christie’s London in 1985. The wine was bought for Forbes collection. The specialty of the bottle is that it bears Thomas [...]

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