Brandy… Not a normal Tuesday afternoon: Lunch at The Test Kitchen with Brandy SA 20 Feb 201720 Feb 2017 I’ve allowed this article to mature, not like a fine brandy in oak, but in my mind. I hoped that mellowing for a few months would help me use words…
Food… Lust Bistro and Bakery – Vrede En Lust Wine Estate 9 Feb 201719 Feb 2017 Occasionally amongst the 300 or so restaurants in the Cape Winelands one finds a gem. A scenic 45-minute drive from Cape Town takes you to Lust Bistro and Bakery, a…
Food… The Societi Bistro Tour Through France. @societibistro 7 Aug 2016 If you know Cape Town and know Capetonians, you know that when the rain comes down, we stay home. Something happened on a rainy Saturday in July that enticed quite…
Press Releases… Tour the Constantia Wine Route in style 25 Oct 201425 Oct 2014 Jane Austin recommended wine from Constantia for its "healing powers on a disappointed heart" and the same wine eased the exiled Napoleon from this world into the next. So whether…
Events… Wade Bales – Cape Town info 6 May 2014 The Wade Bales event is in Cape Town & Joburg this year and I'll be presenting Glen Grant. Please come along and share a wee dram or two with me.…
Events… Whisky virgins at my fingertips, raindrops falling on my head. 14 Aug 20136 Sep 2014 Springbank Whisky at The Devon Valley Hotel I had an urge. A need. A want. A desire. Wait – don’t get ahead of yourself and relegate this article to the…
Education… Competition time – win tickets to KAYA Wine & Malt Whisky Affair 2013 kayawineandwhisky @wadebales 26 May 2013 I think the whisky and wine world has too many festivals, too many competitions. There is a lack of focus, of quality, too much razzmatazz and too little substance. The…
Hotels… The Bascule Whisky Bar: New, has it improved? 26 May 2013 If you know me, you will know that my second home is the Bascule Whisky Bar at the Cape Grace hotel. It is a bar for all seasons. From a…
Restaurants… Compass Box Whisky & Burrata Restaurant – the way it should be. 26 May 2013 One of the after-effects of an outstanding night out is that my highly refined art of procrastination takes over my weak will and shocking work ethic. There really is no…
Hotels… A Chef, a Mayor, a Whisky guy and Andy Mitchell Wines 4 Feb 20134 Feb 2013 Sunday afternoons in Cape Town, when the sun shines, the sky is a deep blue and the tablecloth begins to show on the top of Table Mountain, present many opportunities…