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 […]
De Grendel Op die Berg Pinot Noir 2017 has claimed the Pinot Noir Trophy in the Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards 2020, a lofty accolade for a wine that reflects its unique terroir almost a kilometre above sea level where vineyards are blanketed in winter snow. The trophy for the overall top-scoring Pinot Noir […]
A single vineyard and grapes treated gently and with care produces the delicate and elegant Ridgelands Pinot Noir, its rare quality recognised with a Double Gold award in the 2020 Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards. Elgin Vintners Ridgelands Pinot Noir 2018 was one of just 89 out of more than 1 500 entries to make […]
