The “sold out” signs are about to go up at Cape to Canton, the festival to celebrate Chinese New Year at the Vineyard Hotel & Spa in Newlands from 4-8pm on Sunday. From exhibition matches by the SA Table Tennis Champion to Chinese elevator music, Kung Fu fights to lion dances, all bases are covered. Cape Town’s top Chinese chefs are pulling out all the stops: Haiku, South China Dim Sum Bar, Tao Yuan, Katima. You name it, they’ll be there.

As for the wine and brandy brands, all boxes are ticked:

Anthonij Rupert
Bisquit Cognac
Diamant
Durbanville Hills
Flight of the Fish Eagle
Klipdrift Gold
KWV
Leopard’s Leap
Nederburg
Oudemeester
Plaisir de Merle
Uitkyk
Vrede en Lust

There will be cold brew coffee from Espressolab and chocolate from Honest Chocolate in Wale Street.  Suitable feng shui as a whale of a time is guaranteed.