WE'RE all looking forward to the festive holiday season and end-of year celebrations with family and friends. More often than not, we’ll be making the most of the fantastic weather and the setting for our get-togethers will be outdoors. From parties to sit-down dinners, cocktail brunches to family picnics, we’re going to want to focus on fresh and light foods that are easy to prepare and enjoy al…
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Waterford Estate is the place to be for summer-style wines
PERFECTLY timed with the start of the season, Waterford Estate is proud to share its selection of summer-style wines with visitors. The estate collection includes crowd favourites like the Waterford Rose-Mary - an elegant incarnation of a Blanc de Noir made with Shiraz, Mourvèdre, Malbec, Cinsaut, Tempranillo and Sangiovese cultivars and ideal for the sunny days to follow.
For lovers of Chenin…
Get the popcorn and plan your holiday binge-fest with Showmax
IT'S the most wonderful time of the year. No, not Christmas, of which I am no longer a fan, but a break from work which allows plenty of time to catch up on movies and series. The White Lotus on Showmax has all its episodes today (December 12) so if you've been waiting, now is the time.
House Of The Dragon is the much anticipated highlight of the month for the platform. Game Of Throneswas…
CANVAS Collective Africa’s luxury summer pop-up hotel experience in the picturesque Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, between Hermanus and Caledon, is now set up and open for bookings from now until April 30 2023. The site, which is in a beautiful pine forest on the 300-hectare family run Glen Oakes Farm, is just a one hour 45 minutes’ drive from Cape Town. Hemel-en-Aarde, which translates as "Heaven on…
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Cape Town City Ballet festive season favourite The Nutcracker
THERE can be no better ballet for the festive season than The Nutcracker. It is, after all, set at Christmas time and filled with the magic and wonder that children adore.
This production, which runs at Artscape in the Opera House until December 23, is produced by Veronica Paeper. According to her programme notes, she has re-choreographed it while "hopefully retaining the original charm and…
Taste, learn and discover with Nederburg
VISIT The Manor at Nederburg and be enticed by fragrances of cinnamon, star anise, cardamom, fresh ginger, rooibos, buchu and roasted nuts. Or wafts of real classics like home-baked bread just out of the oven, toasted coriander seed, ripe tomato, basil, caramelised onion, pickled vegetables, and chips on the fry. In other words, an inviting amalgam of Eastern, Mediterranean, and local aromas to…
STEENBERG is synonymous with Sauvignon Blanc, the refreshing summer wine crafted from idyllic cool climate vineyards in the Constantia Wine Valley.
The vibrant Steenberg Sauvignon Blanc 2022 is zesty and fresh, ideal for sharing around the pool with friends, al fresco sundowners or light summer meals. It’s simply delicious with goat’s cheese, a caprese salad, grilled lemon and garlic prawns, or…
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Your own private art gallery at Leeu House in Franschhoek
IT'S a fitting conclusion to my 2022 gallivanting to have had the luxury and privilege to be the second guest to spend a night in the new Leeu House Suite. Allow me to show you a peek inside.
The freestanding suite was formerly the showers and changing rooms for the pool area at this exclusive retreat in the heart of Franschhoek's village - although you'd never know it as the walls and trees…
Cape Town music festival to deliver hope and unity this December
AFTER a successful launch last year, the Unity On The Squaremusic festival is back and ready to rock the Mother City this festive season. The local music festival aims to promote a sense of unity, hope, and love when it takes center stage with a star-studded line up at Green Market Square in the Cape Town CBD on Saturday, 17 December 2022.
Musicians who are set to dazzle audiences include…
THE Mount Nelson, a Belmond Hotel, is set to become a temporary home to Edge this summer, hosting a season of pop-up dinners from 7 December to April 2023, 7pm-11pm. Captained by young gun Vusi Ndlovu, in partnership with Absie Pantshwa, Edge seeks to celebrate all that makes Africa so remarkable as it takes over the 60-seater Oasis Bistro. With a focus on underutilised ingredients and progressive…
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Spend Christmas with Keanu Harker and his friends
CAPE TOWN-born musician Keanu Harker is getting into the festive spirit and inviting audiences along for the journey with a magical concert in The Mother City next weekend.
Presented by KL Entertainment and Sean D Productions, Christmas with Keanu Harker and Friends takes place in Durbanville on Sunday, 18 December and sees the 26-year-old performer calling on other talented musos to join him in
…Champion Cab Sav to be proud standard-bearer for Elethu Wines
ELETHU WINES, a unique South African enterprise, has unveiled its inaugural wine, a Cabernet Sauvignon, that received a pre-release double gold medal at an esteemed international wine competition.
The Elethu farm lies on fertile river-fronting land in prime wine country of the Breede River Valley, close to Bonnievale. Elethu was established in 2007 and comprises black-owned land; black-owned…
WITH the Italian heritage behind the brand and awe-inspiring views - thanks to the unrivalled setting at the slopes of the Helderberg mountains - Morgenster Estate has launched its new Aperitivo offering.
In Italian culture, an aperitivo is a pre-dinner drink; a cultural ritual set for the late afternoon or early evening, between work and dinner. In etymology we trace the word back to the Latin…
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Three-course vegan Christmas menu at Radisson RED
South Africa’s vegan community is constantly growing and is at an “all-time high” ranking us in the top 30 in the world; it is a no-brainer that Radisson RED V&A Waterfront Cape Town will again host its renowned Yes Ve-Ganthree-course Christmas Day menu.
This experience takes people on a journey of culinary delights, festively themed, and served with a lekker, local twist. The lunch takes…
La Petite Ferme unveils newly refurbished Manor House suites
THERE are phrases we all like to hear, and among my favourites is "welcome back", especially when uttered at a top class establishment. This is exactly what happened when I arrived at La Petite Ferme in Franschhoek, and it makes a person feel special.
I was there to see the result of four months of extensive renovations, which spruced up the four existing Manor House suites and added a fifth.…