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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…