A delightful recipe that pairs beautifully with the Durbanville Hills Collectors Reserve The Promenade Pinotage. This full-bodied wine, with its juicy palate of ripe red fruit and hints of cinnamon, complements the rich flavors of our Weber-roasted chicken pasta dish perfectly. Roasted Chicken Pasta Ingredients: 3 cups macaroni (uncooked) 6 …
I’ve read somewhere that, when blogging, it isn’t always the best idea to ‘date’ your posts. In other words, don’t say ‘today is the first of December 2020’, because that means that by the tenth of December 2020, your content may appear very outdated. I don’t care though. What a …
National Biltong Day – and other South African food celebrations. It has been an interesting month for proudly South African food celebrations, even more seeing that September is also Heritage Month for us. A couple of weeks ago we talked about Vetkoek Day, the 6th of September was #NationalKoesisterDay (I …
When you search for “Zinfandel” and “South Africa” on the internet, “Blaauwklippen Vineyards” appears within the first search results. With good reason, of course. Blaauwklippen, one of the original Stellenbosch wine estates, is still one of the few South African wine estates who produces quality Zinfandel wines. Being this estate’s …
I recently received some of Van Loveren’s Rhino Run wines to try. If you haven’t heard of this range yet, you can read a bit more here: Van Loveren continues its fight against poaching with its latest release Rhino Run wines (PR) What a noble cause, it is always great …
The first time I tasted Vondeling’s Babiana was a little more than two years ago at the Jozi Wine Route. The Jozi Wine Route initiative was unfortunately very short lived, but my fondness for Vondeling Wines, specifically the Babiana, is still going strong. So what is it about Babiana that …
