It was a cold and winter’s night when the Hubbie and I, with our good friend Blake, made a turn at the Wade Bales Wine Festivalat the Cricket Oval in Newlands. This event is fast becoming one of our favourites of the year: an intimate affair showcasing some of the best wines SA has to [...]

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Last Saturday I went wine routing with some good friends and ashamedly it’s been a while since I’ve done so.
Which is criminal if you think about it - I live on the doorstep of some of the most spectacular wine scenery in the world. I have an excuse though - for the last year I [...]

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On Sunday - tired and hungover I took my even more hungover brothers for lunch at The Roundhouse Rumbullion.
On a beautiful summer’s day in Cape Town there are few better settings for lunch - just check the vid out below:

We hadn’t booked and were lucky to be seated two tables away from Raymond Ackerman - [...]

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Last week I was lucky enough to be invited to the launch of The Parlotones’ new wine - Giant Mistake.
Yes - you heard me right - The Parlotones have released a wine.
Check out the video at the official site for the wine.
It was a great event held at a lavish venue (Cape Grace) and in [...]

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Belfield has confirmed it’s initial emergence on the South African wine market with another flurry of ’stars’ in Platter 2009.
Belfield Magnifica Cabernet Sauvignon 2006  - 4.5 stars
Belfield Elgin Blend 2006 - 4 stars
The Kreft family’s maiden vintage: Belfield Cabernet Sauvignon received  4.5 stars in the 2008 edition of Platters.
So the above ratings for the 2009 edition [...]

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