We make some noise to encourage our favourite teams on the sport fields. With a little help our screams and claps can be amplified with greater effect. During the 2010 Soccer World Cup South Africans introduced vuvuzelas to the world. There’s more. This year the Absa Cape Epic celebrated their 16th mountain bike race and… Read More Bikes & Bells
How many times have I visited Creation Wines? Too many to count. Still realised that I can never visit this Hemel-en-Aarde winery enough. There is always something new. Currently the food and wine pairing plays to the harvest. Chapter 2 is Written In The Stars. Chardonnay matched with exotic mushroom carpaccio, pecorino, orange maldon, bee… Read More Written in the Stars
Carolyn Martin of Creation Wines in Hermanus stays on the cutting edge of food and wine trends and is always ready to introduce something new. For a Saturday evening event she teamed up with kindred spirit Tiina Treumann, owner of SALT in Tallinn, Estonia. Tiina is a world traveller committed to taking the best… Read More Reaching for the Stars in Hemel-en-Aarde
The 5th Hemel-en-Aarde Pinot Noir Celebration included events on the different farms. I was fortunate enough to make the Creation guest list. I spent the morning tasting Burgundian Pinot Noirs along that of Hemel-en-Aarde Creation Pinots.
It is no secret that if you’re looking for the perfect food and wine pairing experience Creation Wines in Hemel-en-Aarde is the go-to place. How about a Overberg road trip this weekend? #shotleft … Read more via Creation launches dashing new way of pairing food and wine — wine hq
The first weekend of 2018 was celebrated with great friends and equally great drinks. Friday night was get-together-night and I shared a meal with no fewer than 3 South Africa winemakers. Needless to say there were many liquid options. I remember the following wines that I drank with braaied chicken and summer salad: Ataraxia Sauvignon… Read More Weekend Wines
Every October Hemel-en-Aarde winery, Creation, dedicates a Saturday morning to cancer awareness. Every year Creation’s Carolyn Martin invites Professor Justus Apffelstaedt and his wife Annemie to address the audience. Every year the hope remains the same. That the listeners will go forth and spread the news. The news that there is hope. Professor Apffelstaedt shared… Read More Pink October #selflove
Middle of the week, Looking good for a Cape Whale Coast weekend wind down. Despite the weather a mid-week break is great! Time for introspection, soul-searching and taking only one step at a time. #justdoit
It all started at Hermanus Wine Village with a taste of Roger Jorgensen’s absinthe called Field of Dreams. Yes, it was a daring start to the day. Risking hallucinations I was ready to take more chances on drinks. Next up was the Six Dogs Blue stocked by the Wine Village and doing well with its… Read More Friday the 13th
Weekends can go one of two ways. I like both equally. It’s either lazy days of lounging or a hectic fun-packed blur. An early rise to meet Timothy of Hiking Cape Town and family had me walking through Hermanus vineyards on a sunny Saturday morning. From Hamilton Russell Vineyards to Bouchard Finlayson and onwards to… Read More Hemel-en-Aarde Saturdays #capewhalecoast
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