Tapas & Vine at Durbanville Wines
On Friday March 11th, the Durbanville Eatery will offer visitors a taste of Spain, with a selection of tapas accompanied by award-winning Durbanville Hills wine. A fine way to spend your Friday evening!
Date: Friday March 11th
Time: 17h00 – 19h00
Cost: 95 ZAR per person (Includes tapas platter and your choice of three of Durbanville Hills’ best)
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Who Els?
Ok, the title is a bit cliché but I just couldn’t think of anything Els Jokes aside. To those of you are who are not familiar with international golfing figures, allow me to introduce you to Ernie Els, perhaps South Africa’s greatest golfing export.
What does Ernie have to do with wine you might [...]
Oldest Bottle of Bubbly Discovered!
Said to be the oldest drinkable Champagne in the world, about 30 bottles of Veuve Clicquot were brought up by divers from an 18th century shipwreck off Åland, an autonomous Baltic island between Sweden and Finland. The Champagne is said to date back to between 1772 and 1788.
The divers wasted no time and cracked open [...]
Kloovenburg Summer Market Day
This Saturday provides the opportunity to taste, sample and buy locally produced products fresh from the Riebeek Valley. A highlight in the Riebeek gourmet calendar, the Kloovenburg Summer Market Day offers visitors local wines, olive products, homemade breads, Lemoncello, cheeses, droewors, biltong, fresh fruit and vegetables. A not-to-be missed food festival for all!
Date: Saturday [...]
Why Wine?
I like wine because it’s alive. Each bottle is different from another, and if you taste it the one day it would have changed by the next.
The trip to your local wine shop is always an interesting one, as there is just so much variety out there. This allows one to experiment with different wines [...]
