Category Archives: South African wine

Wine Lovers Cape Town

If you love good wine, you already know that you’d be a fool to miss out on sampling some of the Western Cape wines when you come to Cape Town—Stellenbosch, Franschoek, and Constantia are world renowned wine producing regions. Even … Continue reading

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Decorating the Ficus and Drinking "African Mulled Wine"

After searching high and low throughout the entire city of Johannesburg, and outside the city as well, neither S nor myself were able to find a real Christmas tree. Apparently there was a pine tree shortage this year; needless to … Continue reading

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Weekend in Franschhoek/ It is possible to spend a day drinking nothing but wine

When people ask for my recommendations of things to do in Cape Town, I always say that they must go out to one of the major wine towns, including Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, and Paarl. Aside from the obvious draw of some … Continue reading

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