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DOMAINE des Dieux, the boutique Cap Classique specialist from the Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge appellation near Hermanus etched its name in the annals of the Amorim Cap Classique Challenge by winning the show's trophy for Best Producer for the third time in eight years. At the 21st Amorim Cap Classique…
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SOME people go through life looking everything up online first - menus before they visit a restaurant, the story of a play before going to the theatre. Others skip in blithely, with little or no prior knowledge of what they are in for. I tend to flip flop between the two but in the case of Who's…
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WHEN we arrived at the gate of Vergelegen in Somerset West, the man approached the car and I opened the window, looking at him quizzically. “It’s R10 each entrance fee,” he said. “What?” I replied in surprise. That was unexpected. But actually just dof, because I’ve published enough press…
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TODAY I am going to give you five reasons to visit Vrede en Lust in Simondium; it's that part of Franschhoek between the road where Babylonstoren and Glen Carlos are, and the R45 main road into the village and its surrounding delights. Reason number one, because it's time sensitive, is the…
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EVERYONE'S ready for summer, the braai, the beach and the sun. Luckily the South African Mushroom Farmers' Association's  flavoursome, low kilojoule and easy-to-make mushroom braai recipes will also keep your body in tip-top shape for a summer that promises to be the best since 2020. Whether…
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IF there is wood, then it must be burnt. I don't make the rules. It was a coldish, wettish weekend when I went to stay at Haskell Vineyards in Stellenbosch. The kind of weather that unfairly gets labelled "miserable". It is the weather that makes me the happiest, especially when there is a…
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IT'S just as well season five of The Handmaid's Tale only arrives on Showmax on September 15, because that will give you time to binge some of the international series that are already available to stream. I've had a conflicted relationship with The Handmaid's Tale since season one. There are…
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SOUTH AFRICANS love to celebrate September 1 as the beginning of spring (this year I noticed it was leaning towards "Spring Day" and not a statement of the change of seasons), but we still have some chilly weather and rain ahead of us before the official Spring Equinox on September 23. After that,…
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MURDER IN PROVENCE debuts exclusively on BritBox on September 22 (the day before the spring equinox), with Endeavour star Roger Allam starring in this murder mystery series as an investigating judge – and a lover of the finer things in life – who must uncover the truth behind a series of killings…
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GROUCHO MARX famously said, "I refuse to join/don't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member". That because there was no Pick n Pay Wine Club back in his day; if there was he would most certainly want to be a member. There's no downside to being part of this club. Not only do you…
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