It appears to be Grieve’s intention to entrench not only the spirit of the way they naturally farm (Cyclus, La Luna etc) but also to imbue each wine with its own unique character, while also retaining design cues that are uniquely Avondale. Read on for more… . . .Read More: Avondale Wines – the test is in the tasting
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NATURAL STORIES FROM AVONDALEI’m embarrassed to say I’d never heard of Avondale when co-owner Jonathan Grieve agreed to meet me… [more] 
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 Comments are closed  Wine  Avondale, biodynamic wine, biologic, organic wine, south africa wine, wine farm At Avondale, the most important connection is the link between the way the grapes are grown, using BioLOGIC and what appears in the bottle at the end of that committed and painstaking process. . . .Read More: AVONDALE: IT’S NOT ORGANIC, IT’S BIOLOGIC (2) Comments are closed Wine Avondale wines, biodynamic wines, organic wines, south africa vineyards, south african wines Of course, what Avondale is famous for is farming the “natural” way – few years down the line, though, the trend towards organic farming that Avondale started has become a little more established and there are a lot more players in that particular vineyard. Read on to find out what makes Avondale unique… . . .Read More: NATURAL STORIES FROM AVONDALE Comments are closed Featured, Wine Avondale, biodynamic wine, biologic wine, organic wine, south african wine, vineyards of the cape, wine Not the Cape Town International Jazz Festival, thank goodness… It’s taken me nearly 20 years to reach Robben Island. It’s been waiting. Winking at me across the bay at night – visible now from my home in Tableview across Cape Town’s Table Bay. I came close once, before it was open to tourists, in 1993. A friend and I sailed nearby on a tourist yacht, escorted by sunfish to within a few hundred metres of the shore – but we had no landing rights. We probably had the typical tourist conversation about the island and its history. “What were they thinking?” “Did they really think apartheid would last forever?” You can guess the kind of thing… . . .Read More: Robben Island: A whistle-stop tour of a whole lot of history My friends and I had been planning a Stellenbosch wine meander for weeks, however finding an entirely free day was getting harder and harder. But, driven by our love for all things ‘vino’, we successfully managed to postpone all our responsibilities and set off to explore the beautiful Stellenbosch wine region. . . .Read More: Wine Meander South Africa: Stellenbosch Summer’s finally here, after what seems like an interminably long winter! And as the weather has warmed up and the desire to be out of doors increases, 21 Things To Do in Cape Town is starting to look at content for next year’s guide. Cape Town has always been a fantastic outdoor adventure destination and Capetonians always up for something new so we hope you will help us fill out options for visitors to our beautiful city. . . .Read More: Outdoor Adventures in Cape Town One comment - (Comments are closed) Adventure, Featured, Outdoor Activities Cape Town 21 things to do in cape town, abseiling, canyoning, cape town, fishing, horse riding, kloofing, outdoor adventure, paragliding, river rafting, shark cage diving, South Africa The Test Kitchen is likely to be one of the must-try Cape Town restaurants this holiday season as its ingredients are more than promising. Take one award-winning chef, ex La Colombe, no less, in the form of award-winning Brit Luke Dale-Roberts. Add the über-trendy location of the Biscuit Mill in Woodstock. Imitate the equally award-winning tasting menu approach of Rust en Vrede (Eat Out Restaurant and Chef of the Year 2010). Top with a funky name and voilà: you have an experience that you can charge a fair whack of dosh for in what is, essentially, a bistro-style setting. When a man like Anthony Rawbone-Viljoen says that going to Mzoli’s Place in Gugulethu during the 2010 World Cup was one of the best days of his life and subsequently launches his new range of Rawbones wines there, we need to sit up and take notice. . . .Read More: Meat, Merlot and Mzoli’s When making breyani, the uniquely Cape dish, many spices and elements are mixed together to create a sublime and original whole. The same goes for the show titled Breyani put together by David Kramer that opened at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town earlier month and runs until the 31st of December. . . .Read More: Cape Town Theatre: David Kramer’s Breyani |
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