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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On Monday Lovely Lis and I took a drive out to the winelands to have some lunch and wine.
After stopping at about four estates who were all closed for the Easter weekend we decided to hot-foot it to Fairview - which we knew would be open. On the way there we passed Warwick which looked [...]

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A guest post by my brother Jamie.
Its moments like these that really make wine and friends an unbeatable combination.
Earlier on in the week I received a message from a good mate of mine inviting me to his 25th Bday celebrations. I was told to arrive empty handed as all was taken care of.
After polishing off [...]

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It is amazing what clever packaging can do for a wine (a pity then that most South African wine labels are so boring).
Jam Jar Sweet Shiraz 2009 by Cape Classics has hit all the right notes in this department and is flying off the shelves both here in South Africa and most importantly in America.
It [...]

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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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