A markup of up to 300% on wine is common practice in restaurants, but for the average diner it can feel like a ripoff. We spoke with some restaurant owners to better understand the logic behind high wine prices. Glancing at a wine list in an upmarket restaurant can be a stressful experience. The listings…
Tea and Donuts Throughout the anglicised world, tea time is a sacred time. Tea and cake. Tea and Biscuits. Elevenses. It is not a meal time to be messed with, infringed upon or tarted up. That is until David’s Tea and Cartems Donuts of Vancouver showed up at this 11 o’clock rodeo. I found David’s…
This week I was the invited guest of the tasting panel for The Wine of the Month Club. The Club is a subscription based wine-selection and wine-delivery club. Every month they score and rate wines, and then a clever person packs up a case of wine and delivers it to your home! Amazing. The panel…
A perfect pair : Castle Milk Stout & food Sponsored post This year at the Taste of Cape Town I was handed a challenge: tour this gourmet food and wine festival, tasting and pairing foods with Castle Milk Stout. For a wine loving, fine dining foodie such as myself this was a tremendous challenge. I…
An established force in the South African wine industry, Spier has over the years created an almost impossibly large brand. The team at Spier has certainly garnered respect for their fearless innovation and for taking the concept of The Wine Farm far further than just the cellar door. Located on the edges of Stellenbosch proper,…
I had first come across Waterkloof wines while doing research into Biodynamic farming practices in the South African wine industry. I found the topic at times to be rather uninspiring, until I came across the amazing images on Waterkloof’s website of sophisticated food and stunning architecture: all in an amazing location, with views all the…
