Where to find more South African wine than at a Cape wine festival, more craft beer than in Bree Street and more handcrafted gin than at any hipster hangout, all in one place?

Only in Bloemfontein, of course. The newly opened The Kitchen at Warm Karoo offers the coolest collection of superior thirst slakers in hundreds of dusty kilometers.

With over 200 wines from 70 wine estates, The Kitchen is home to the most extensive cellar in the Northern Cape and Free State. From Klein Constantia to Kanonkop and Roodeberg to Rupert & Rothschild, iconic gems and super quaffers alike are available by the glass.

Gone are the days of trekking your palate to the Cape for a grape education. Every wine has been picked to please. Expect interesting wines made from lesser known varietals, such as Neil Ellis Vineyard Collection Grenache, Mooibly Tannat and Terra del Capo’s Sangiovese.

The beauty of drinking the Boland’s best in Bloemfontein, is the Warm Karoo ease with which it’s done. Don’t know your sangiovese from your soetwyn? Not a problem. The wine list comes with concise blurbs on every estate, wine and varietal to facilitate your choice.

The Kitchen’s tapas menu makes for playful food and wine pairing. Choose from a list of local and Mediterranean tapas to build your own platter, served with freshly baked ciabatta. Try some biltong with your Beyerskloof, or sip De Wetshof Limestone Hill Chardonnay with the snoek terrine. Or kick back with gazpacho – chilled Spanish tomato soup – and an equally chilled chenin blanc from Cederberg Private Cellar.

But when it gets hot, really hot, with the kind of heat that calls for some fizz to beat the frazzle, bottled or on tap Citizen craft beer or Liefman’s Fruitesse cider should do very nicely. Or dip into the ice cool array of artisanal gins served with Fitch & Leedes Tonic Water and a twist of lemon.  Choose from gin infused with buchu or spekboom, rooibos, cardamom and grains of paradise…

The Kitchen at Warm Karoo is a sensory oasis. Surrounded by the green lawns and classical architecture of the estate, The Kitchen is the perfect place to sip and savour everything authentic.

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