Bigger isn’t always better! The Blaauwklippen Family Market has reopened with a fresh focus on small and local – a place to meet farmers, entrepreneurs, designers, cooks and crafters, and shop for seasonal produce and hand-crafted and sustainably-produced goods. What hasn’t changed is that the market still offers a great weekend outing for the whole […]
Dancing with golden light, a kaleidoscopic spectrum of flavour, made to achieve its full potential over time Vondeling Wines has extended their limited-release Bowwood range with the launch of a full-bodied, natural-fermented wooded Chenin Blanc – a luxurious wine that winemaker Matthew Copeland calls a “kaleidoscopic experience”. Bowwood Chenin Blanc 2019 joins the award-winning Bowwood […]
In search of something special this year for that discerning individual with a taste for the finer things in life? Consider Blaauwklippen’s distinctive Before & After apéritif – a unique, masterful blend of wood-matured red Noble Late Harvest wine and Blaauwklippen 10-year-old Potstill Brandy. Before & After offers sophisticated year-round drinking pleasure – served chilled […]
Seven De Grendel wines receive 4.5* ratings De Grendel capped its 300th anniversary year with the achievement of a new milestone – a remarkable four five-star ratings in the 2021 Platter’s South African Wine Guide. “A year ago we received our first-ever Platter’s five-star award. To boost that to four five-star ratings this year, along […]
Starry honour for a stellar wine named for a rare and starry flower Vondeling Wines has been awarded five stars in the 2021 Platter’s South African Wine Guide for Babiana 2019, a distinctive white blend aptly named for the rare indigenous Babiana noctiflora, a starry night-blooming flower found only on the Paardeberg mountain that Vondeling […]
A menu bursting with lively flavours fusing African and European cuisine is an invitation to live the good life at Kunjani in Stellenbosch, where fine wines and sleek contemporary design meet passion and warm hospitality. The contemporary restaurant in Stellenbosch’s Bottelary Hills owned by the husband-and-wife team of South African Pia Watermeyer and German Paul […]
Elgin Vintners has joined the growing global trend for canned wine with the launch of Fynbos Lite, premium vintage red and white wines in convenient, eco-friendly packaging that are light in all senses of the word – a lighter carbon footprint, light on alcohol and lighter on the waistline. Fynbos Lite celebrates the home of […]
The newly-opened Elgin Vintners Tasting Room is an ideal destination on a visit to the scenic valley of vines and orchards, to taste their distinctive cool-climate wines and enjoy a cheese platter or picnic with spectacular views of the valley, farmlands and surrounding mountains. Located in the heart of the fertile Elgin valley, with its […]
De Grendel celebrates its 300th anniversary this year, marking three centuries of a Cape landmark whose story – and that of its fourth-generation owners, the Graaff family – is deeply woven into South Africa’s history. Renowned for its award-winning wines and its restaurant rated among the best for fine dining in South Africa and Africa, […]
Blaauwklippen’s new Farm Shop & Deli is all about local, offering a country-style destination in the heart of Stellenbosch that’s easily accessible for locals and stocks the best of locally grown and produced deli fare. The old farm stables on Stellenbosch’s oldest wine farm were carefully converted over the past three months to house the […]
