Its 21 May. Its International Chardonnay Day. A day to celebrate. Especially during deprivation enforced lockdown but even more so when cool climate Hemel-en-Aarde is your playground. Currently a bit low on fermented grape juice, I have 2 bottles of golden great Chardonnay on ice. Ataraxia and Creation. Both had its content stored in French… Read More Chardonnay Day
Once a year a group of women take a 100km walk from the southern most point of Africa’s Cape Agulhas Lighthouse, past the Quoin Point Lighthouse at Buffelljagsbaai to finish just outside Gansbaai at Danger Point Lighthouse. 3 Overberg lighthouses in 4 gruelling days. I was fortunate to complete this hike for the 2nd time… Read More Lighthouse to Lighthouse to Lighthouse
loose cannon noun an unpredictable or uncontrolled person who is liable to cause unintentional damage. On the eve of a very unpredictable 21 days of lockdown I popped the cork of a bottle of Loose Cannon from Bosman Family Vineyards. Glasses were clinked with friends who are also neighbours and a toast was made to… Read More Loose Cannon
Friday evenings are about winding down. Last night was a WINE down of note when Master of Wine and neighbour Paul Benade presented an Italian Wine Evening to a group of well travelled peopled with practiced palates. This was not only a fun sensory outing but an education in the complicated framework that guards Italian… Read More Italian Wine Indulgence
Platter’s by Diners Club South African Wine Guide 2020 – a mouth-full for what is essentially known as the Platter’s Wine Guide – turns 40! For a wine guide 40 IS 40 and every single colour coded publication added to the bulky book we consult when we need some wine guidance. The first Platter’s published in 1980 cost… Read More Platter’s Celebrates 40 Years of Wine
Madre knows Overberg produce as well as she knows the food fancies of the locals. She was the inspirational force of Madre’s at Sir Robert Stanford, then at Stanford Manor and Eatery in Hermanus. It was only logical that she would gravitate back to Stanford and could not have found a better spot than that… Read More Feasting at Madre, Stanford
River rafting. Not actually my thing. A little too adventurous. But then, I could not get eaten by a shark, get lost on the open ocean or drown in the deep water. It was only a river. There were 2 guides to our group of 20. What could possibly go wrong? We made it to… Read More Orange River Rafting
Phillipskop Mountain Reserve is part of the Cradle of Human Culture, a new route that celebrates heritage. The spotlight is on the ancient rock art on the farm which is situated about 9 kilometers outside Stanford. Stay in the self catering cottages on the farm and rise and shine in the morning to hike the… Read More Phillipskop Mountain Reserve in Pictures
Here I go again. Practicing for my 2nd Lighthouse2Lighthouse walk. In March 2020 I will be tackling the 90 odd number of kilometers from the Southern-most point of Africa to Gansbaai. From the Cape Agulhas Lighthouse to the one at Danger Point. I won’t be alone. I will be joined by more than 100 ladies… Read More Lighthouse2Lighthouse 1st Practice Walk
Porterville is a small farming village dotted on a Western Cape’s agricultural canvass. 90 minutes from Cape Town on good roads with plenty of pitstop opportunities this small town offers not a few options of sights but what it does offer is of outstanding quality. We arrived in time for the unofficial Porterville ParkRun. The… Read More Weekend Walk to 22 Waterfalls
