A taste of spring at Foxcroft

THE  prestigious Eat Out Awards 2019 took place on Sunday, November 17 at GrandWest in Cape Town. This year 30 nominees were counted down from 20 to 11, before the top 10 restaurants in the country are announced. Among this 30 are all four of the La Colombe group's restaurant: La Colombe itself…
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Relax in style and comfort in Montagu

WHEN my friend Terri and I spent the weekend at The Vineyard Country House in Montagu around about a year ago, it wasn't the first occasion I'd been there. Several years before that, I was involved in the collection of a classic - possibly vintage or even antique - Ferguson tractor. Details of the…
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Experiences redefined at Hazendal

THERE are so many things to do and see at Hazendal in Stellenbosch, they require a six-page fold out guide, with three rows of activities on each page. Where to begin? Maybe with the thing that first drew my attention on Facebook a few months ago - Wonderdal, the interactive, immersive and…
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The elegance that is Le Lude

SOME things are worth getting out of bed for; others are worth driving 80km in unseasonal torrential rain for (and back again) – and that would be a tasting and lunch at Le Lude in Franschhoek. We met with winemaker Emma Bruwer, who shared her story and that of the owners, Nic and Ferda Barrow.…
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Go country chic at Opstal in Rawsonville

AN easy hour’s drive from Cape Town, through the tunnel then left and left again and you’ll find yourself in Slanghoek Valley. If you go left-right, you’ll be heading to Rawsonville. It was difficult to tell on the day I went down that road for the first time, on account of it being full of low…
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An intimate getaway at Kunjani

KUNJANI is a Zulu word which means "hello, how are you?" and from this greeting which leads to friendships, comes the name of Kunjani Wines in Stellenbosch. At this farm, in the Bottelary Hills sub-route, husband and wife owners Paul Barth and Pia Watermeyer, welcome their guests with warm…
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Tintswalo Atlantic rises once again

Tintswalo Atlantic, the award-winning five-star boutique lodge just metres away from the high-tide mark inside Table Mountain National Park, with panoramic views of Hout Bay Harbour, the dramatic Sentinel mountain peak, and the Atlantic Ocean, reopens today, October 1, following a fire in February,…
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