On Friday 24 January the five-star The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa will kick off its 2014 Food & Wine Pairing series in Azure Restaurant with a four-course culinary tour de force,

 

Neethlingshof Wine Garden Live Music Wednesdays run throughout the summer season from Wednesday 30 October.

 

Food and wine lovers should head out to the Wine Tasting Centre, Neethlingshof wine estate, on Thursday 31 October, for an evening of food and wine pairing enjoyment with the inimitable Katinka van Niekerk – passionate foodie and esteemed consultant to chefs and winemakers.

 

September is Book Month at Neethlingshof and the principle that double life’s pleasures, provide more than double the delight, has been applied to their Book Month Facebook competition that carries a weekly wine and book hamper prize for five entrants and a major prize valued at R5 000.

 

Food and wine lovers would be well advised to plan a visit to the Wine Tasting Centre, Neethlingshof wine estate, on Thursday 22 August, for an evening of food and wine pairing enjoyment with the inimitable Katinka van Niekerk – passionate foodie and esteemed consultant to chefs and winemakers.

 

De Wet Viljoen talks about Pinotage and shares his thoughts on Simonsvlei, Stellenzicht, DeWaal and Rijks Pinotage with Wine.co.za.

 

Neetlingshof has one of the most beautiful estates in the Cape, its famous kilometre-long avenue of stone pines leads to the Cape Dutch Manor House, which is now home to excellent visitor facilities.

 

The first mention of Gouda cheese dates from 1184, making it one of the oldest recorded cheeses in the world still made today.

 

Beginning March to the 10th , the Neethlingshof wine estate near Stellenbosch will be home to some of the country’s foremost Afrikaans music performers.

 

In 2009 The Neethlingshof wine estate outside Stellenbosch launched a highly successful reserve tier of wines, made exclusively from hand-picked grapes, which are named The Short Story Collection.