You are never to old to learn something new. How happy was I to continue my education at the Inverroche Gin School in Mossel Bay on a regular work trip. After being stuck in a room listening to presentations for 8 hours this escape brought a 180 degree change to the day. I went from… Read More Gin Education in Mossel Bay
Waiting for the ultimate winter break? It’s here! Hemel-en-Aarde winery Bouchard Finlayson teamed up with sister property Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat to present a gourmet food and wine weekend of note. Be ready for a big winter treat in the tranquil Cederberg from 26 to 28 July 2019. The package is total luxury.… Read More Gourmet Bouchard Finlayson Weekend Getaway
What to do when the cold and ill health keep you indoors on Travel Tuesday? Google to the rescue. I learnt that on 2 July 1900 – today 119 years ago – the first rigid airship took off over Lake Constance in the Rhine River bordering Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The airship had the patented… Read More Travel Tuesday Thumbs Up to the Zeppelin
Knock Knock… Who’s there? July. Aren’t you early July? July came quietly on a wet and chilly Sunday night. July is the month in which my home town Hermanus welcome the Southern Right Whales to Walker Bay and the Cape Whale Coast. When can I see a full breach please? How I look forward to… Read More Knock Knock
Interesting how a glass of wine can take you back. Take you from Hermanus to Stellenbosch. From 2019 to 1959. A whopping 60 years later and still there is one local wine brand that is remembered for its unequalled worldwide sales. Lieberstein. At a 2019 Hermanus FynArts Wine+ tasting Master of Wine Cathy van Zyl’s… Read More Lieberstein Wine Memories
One step at a time. That’s how most things get done. Especially when you go for an overnight hike in the hilly Overberg mountains. This was a hike with a special friend to celebrate a special birthday. Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve outside Hermanus was convenient. A short 20 minute drive from my home in Vermont… Read More Hermanus Hike – Vogelgat
That first line that launches you on a path from which there is simply no escape. That tempting start to a new book that has you pining for more. At Hermanus FynArts Christopher Hope shared a few classic first lines of books during a Travel Writing Workshop at The Windsor Hotel. The lines that pulls… Read More Once Upon a Time… and other brilliant first lines
There are people who will always be remembered. Miriam Makeba is one. Hermanus FynArts presented Sima Mashazi’s interpretation of her Miriam Makeba story at the Overstrand’s Municipal Auditorium. I was there to soak in the Pata Pata vibe and recalled my own Miriam Makeba story. In 2004 I met a confident but approachable Makeba in… Read More My Miriam Makeba Story
Synchronicity is defined as those meaningful coincidences that occur so casually yet evoke a sense of masterminded connectivity. Such an appropriate title for an exhibition of ellevated art that connects wine, creativity and nature. Carole Carr is the Hermanus artist exhibiting her works of art suspended in the tasting room at La Vierge, Hemel-en-Aarde under… Read More Synchronicity
We do not judge great art, it judges us said Caroline Gordon. A rather thankless job, this job of comparing and valuing art. A necessary job and one that Elizabeth Gunter takes on through the nature of her job as Professor at the Visual Arts faculty of the University of Stellenbosch. Elizabeth opened the 6th… Read More The Fine Art of Judging Art
