What a treat it was to try something different. I have tried many food and wine pairings but never have I ever experienced a Pesto and Wine Pairing. This is a new offering by Neil Ellis Wines for only R100 per person for four pairings. Neil Ellis Wines is a family owned winery on the…
Along the outskirts of Robertson in Bonnievale is Weltevrede Estate. I had visited this wine estate before during the Wacky Wine festival and always wondered what the underground tasting in an 80-year-old, concrete, wine fermentation tank was like. It is most definitely something I would recommend to add to your bucket list of wine tasting…
Alto wines in Stellenbosch is about a 45 minute drive from Cape Town off of Annandale Road. It is one of South Africa’s oldest red wine estates with the original deeds dating back to 1693. The farm’s position on the warmer northern slopes of the Helderberg mountain make it ideally suited to red wine production…
Meet wine farm 95 of 800 – Neethlingshof, Stellenbosch, which was bought by “Lord Neethling” and his 18-year-old wife, Maria, in 1788. Fast forward almost 50 years and it was Maria who ended up planting over 80 000 vines and was one of the first female winemakers of the time. With so many stories spanning…
Enjoy the all new, exciting wine and food experience at The Tasting Room at Grande Provence – a savoury pairing of hummus and wine. This new twist created by Chef Guy Bennett together with the winemaking team, is perfect for sharing on a getaway to the Franschhoek winelands. The natural bean hummus with labneh is tastefully coupled with Grande Provence Chardonnay,…
Bellevue Wine Estate lies in the smaller region of Bottelary – a windy road on the way into Stellenbosch centre. The first Pinotage plantings made their way onto Bellevue soil in the early 1950’s and today the estate is known for their 1953 Pinotage made of the original Pinotage block that was (yes you guessed it)…