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IT all began with a Facebook post, so never underestimate the power - and usefulness - of social media. Even if you're not looking for yummy things to eat and beautiful wines to drink, you should like and follow Klein Roosboom Boutique Winery  and JÉAN Deli & Restaurant  anyway because the…
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IN August 2019, Massimo’s in Hout Bay was voted by Top 50 Pizza to be the best pizzas in Africa. Its own website is slightly humbler, claiming to be the best in Cape Town. However wide you wish to cast your net, Massimo’s pizzas are absolutely flipping amazing. With trading during lockdown being…
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AS I was standing at the kitchen sink of Elgin Vintners Country House, doing the last bit of washing up – because I don’t know how to work a dishwasher - and gazing out the window overlooking a corner of the garden and just the tip of the new wine tasting room, it occurred to me that it was probably…
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TUESDAY, August 18, 2020 is International Pinot Noir Day so raise a glass and drink a toast to this beautiful cultivar. And not just any glass… If you can, get your paws on a Reidelglass, one which is specifically designed for Pinot Noir. They’re not inexpensive (but that’s all relative I…
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ONE of the unexpected silver linings that Covid-19 has brought to travel, is more or less compulsory room service for breakfast, with no extra tray charge. I’ve been on two staycations in the past two weeks, and at both guesthouses, breakfast was served to the room. The first place offered the…
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ESTABLISHED in 1692, just 13 years after Stellenbosch itself and the third oldest farm in the area, Lanzerac has a rich and colourful history. It was the first wine estate to bottle and label the uniquely South African cultivar Pinotage way back in 1959. A popular student hangout for decades, it…
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THAT headline needs to be explained further: it's the perfect time to visit in terms of a spectacular outdoor activity, more than suitably physically distanced from all other humans, and a balm for the troubled soul battered by lockdown. I have no doubt visiting on any other day of your life will be…
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RESTAURANTS are having a tough time of it during lockdown, from only being able to do deliveries, to opening for sit-down but without alcohol, curfews, and a cautious public who are not rushing in their droves to dine out. Places that have outdoor seating are enjoying an advantage it seems, and…
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IN response to the restrictions that Covid-19 has imposed on restaurants, catering companies and cooking schools, The Kitchen Collective has taken its interactive cooking lessons online. It’s not quite the same as the fun evenings we’ve experienced in the past, at the Peppermint Palace in Fresnaye…
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IT wasn’t that long ago that wine deliveries were arriving at EPD HQ; so much changes, so quickly and it’s a reminder to be appreciative and not take things for granted. Excuse me while I rearrange my crystals. The goodie box from Lozärn included a bottle of the 2019 Chardonnay, and some…
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WASH your hands, wear the damn mask, and sanitise, sanitise, sanitise. Spray, squirt and spritz that stuff everywhere; it’s sometimes hard to believe the simple science of being clean (and not breathing over others, or – worse – being breathed on) can be so effective in curbing the spread of the…
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SILVER linings have to be found wherever possible, and here is one in the form of a delivery meal from Nobu at One&Only Cape Town. The hotel is still temporarily closed, and after three months of lockdown, Nobu head chef Harold Hurtada and his team are delighted to be back at work, preparing…
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