Time for bubbles! One simply cannot visit the Elgin wine region without sampling some truly local sparkling wine. Charles Fox sticks to the traditional French method of Champagne making – and in South Africa we call it Methode Cap Classique or MCC for short. Here’s to my 113 wine farm visit! Location: Charles Fox is…
It seems that most wineries in the Plettenberg Bay Winelands have a great backstory of family discovering new lives. Sue and Doug Lund of Newstead Lund Family Vineyards were once from families farming sugar and dairy in KwaZulu-Natal who gave it up to farm vineyards in Plettenberg Bay. The Newstead crest combines two family crests – the…
This was my first stop exploring the Plettenberg Bay winelands and it just so happens that this winery was amongst the first in the Plettenberg Bay Winelands to start planting vineyards after Bramon. The Estate This winery is about a 7-hour drive from Cape Town in an area known as the Grags of Plettenberg Bay….
Wohoo! I made it to 100 farms! Into the TRIPLE digits and one-eighth of the way through my wine farm list! It’s somewhat humbling to realise that each blog post takes me about 9 hours to produce from organising the visit, capturing the experience, research, photo editing and copywriting. It surely is not the easiest of…
Indulge on Italian wines, MCC and Tapas all whilst being chauffeur driven in a vintage car around this luxury estate in Franschhoek. The entire package costs just R595 per person.
If you and your girlfriends are hosting a kitchen tea, bachelors or even baby shower (yes you heard me right), these babies might be the perfect choice. Why? Alcohol FREE version = check! Won’t break the bank = check! Girly butterflies = check! The Papillon brand is produced by well known family vineyards – Van Loveren…