Round up family and friends for a culinary high jink to the Durbanville Wine Valley, just 20 minutes from Cape Town CBD, for a Soup & Sip weekend from August 13. Wineries across the region have prepared special menus paired with local wines for the event, as they look forward to welcoming visitors back to the winelands.
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Situated just over an hour’s drive from Cape Town, the breathtaking Breedekloof Wine Valley greets you with dramatic mountain slopes, verdant valleys, and lush landscapes.
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Our favourite gold hippo, Mr. b!, loves to #LiveLarge and is here to remind you that International #ShirazWineDay is being celebrated on 22 July 2021. Now for those of us living in South Africa, there is a pretty good chance that you may have run out of wine (shock! horror!) due to the fourth (or is it the fifth?) alcohol ban.
If that is the case, make sure you save this delicious and hearty Baked Chorizo Gnocchi recipe to enjoy with generous glugs of FAT bastard SHIRAZ once the ban has been lifted, hopefully, sooner rather than later. It’s the perfect winter indulgence!
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“Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” – Dalai Lama
You don’t need to ask me twice to travel someplace new. Wanderlust has flowed strongly through my veins, long before I even knew what wanderlust meant, or that I was “inflicted” with it. Happily so, I might add. While the ongoing pandemic has restricted our travels to a large extent, many South Africans have taken to exploring their own “backyards” like never before.
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