What started as a blending mistake, a few years ago, between a tank of Noble Late Harvest red wine and some brandy spirit in the cellar, turned into Blaauwklippen’s most beautiful ‘blending blunder’- the Before…

Nederburg has teamed up with queen of Afrofusion cuisine, Chef Nti, who’s dreamed up some exciting new flavour-popping kasi recipes to mark the 50th anniversary of the winery’s much-loved red blend, Baronne.  The perennially popular Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz blend, launched…

After much anticipation, world-renowned sugar alternative, Truvia, has finally arrived on South African shelves. Offering a great tasting, plant-based stevia sweetness alternative to sugar for use in your favourite beverages, everyday cooking and baking…

The Cape winelands, even though shimmering in its finest colours during the warmer months of summer, offers visitors a different, quieter experience in winter, when staying indoors  and sipping wine becomes a pure, heart-warming…

In honour of Women’s Month in South Africa, Backsberg Family Wines celebrates all women who break barriers, shatter glass ceilings and contribute to the advancement and successes of their industries, communities, families and homes.…

The Cape winter is especially cold and wet this year, but at Nederburg’s The Manor restaurant in Paarl, the new winter menus radiate warmth and generosity of flavour. Recently appointed head chef Linda Trautmann…

Brookdale Estate has released three new white wines, crafted by winemaker Kiara Scott Farmer at the young Paarl winery on the slopes of the Du Toitskloof Mountains. Under the leadership of the owners, the…

Imagine you were given a limited-release opportunity to taste red wines from the Groot Constantia Vintage Vault, whilst cosily wrapped in the recesses of the Manor House. Can you smell the  2013 Merlot and…

The Cape Town Public Tasting of The Trophy Wine Show brought to you by Investec is back! Taste 110 wines of distinction (all 90+ scores) – the trophy, gold and silver medallists from 64…

The annual spring flower display put on by mother nature is a spectacle that has become world-renowned and is touted as being an experience of a lifetime.  A riot of colourful indigenous blooms carpeting…