This fermented rice wine has been keeping Japanese women youthful for years. But it’s not the actual drink that’s been giving them unlined faces — it’s a strain of yeast produced during the fermentation process known as Pitera^TM.

English amateur choral society, inChoir, currently on a visit to the Western Cape, will sing with local Franschhoek choir, the Soetstemme, from Solms-Delta wine estate, at the V&A Waterfront on Friday 21 February.

Bacon milkshakes. Chocolate-covered bacon shaped like roses. Bacon-flavored toothpaste, dental floss and lip balm. Bacon bourbon, margaritas, beer and vodka. Bacon ice cream sundaes. A sandwich with a full pound of bacon.

Let’s face it, it’s hard seeing the benefits of a healthy diet and exercise when we’re always going out for some drinks with friends.

Environmentally-friendly products? Good. Lower energy bills? Great. Cold beer? Yes, please. GE’s new refrigeration prototype? The triple threat.

One of the oldest authenticated vintages of Cognac in existence will go under the hammer at Bonhams in April this year.

Almost everyone has had a bad experience with those brightly colored jello shots synonymous with bad booze and worse ideas.

Join Backsberg on Sunday the 23^rd of February for live acoustic tunes by South African legends, The Blues Broers. Relax in a beautiful vineyard setting, bring your friends and family and laze on the lawns.

When US-born Samantha O’Keefe was considering acquiring property in then untried Greyton with a view to growing vines back in 2004, she took advice from Peter Finlayson of Bouchard Finlayson, who sa

The Solms-Delta Gemeenskap is a growing community of loyal and valued customers that we consider to be our best asset in the world! We would really like to reward you for your continued loyalty and su

One lucky fan can win 2 tickets to see local talent, Francois van Coke, live at Backsberg on Sunday 2 March 2014! To stand a chance of winning these tickets, simply comment on the post by telling us w

Don'tya luv it? Two scared cows of global wine - "natural wine" and "biodiversity" - are being exposed as bovine beasts from unlikely sources. Was I the only one to notice the most controversial of Ro

The Black Sheep is a disreputable member of the family, the black wool of a sheep being worth less.  Someone you whisper about in the nether regions of your house, if at all and certainly not in fron

How to start a wine club Who do I invite? You may already have a fair idea of who you would like to join you in establishing a wine club. Friends and family are the easiest place to start and wine tas

News of a truly extraordinary Cape wine auction has been released. The sort of auction that makes one, for a depressing moment, wish one were rich enough to buy the stuff. The press release calls it â

The Solms-Delta Gemeenskap is a growing community of loyal and valued customers that we consider to be our best asset in the world! We would really like to reward you for your continued loyalty and su

My feeling is that showing modest wines next to complex cooking generally serves only to highlight the wine’s deficiencies but this wasn’t entirely the case yesterday when Doran Vineyards from the

A selection of the best places to picnic in the Mother City and surrounds

SA may produce 1 in 10 bottles of Sauvignon Blanc sold in the world but when it comes to a steering committee recently set up by the Concours du Sauvignon - the premier forum for Shrek style wines -

Sauvignon blanc is een van die gewildste witwyne in Suid-Afrika en die Durbanville-wynvallei net buite Kaapstad het sinoniem geword met hierdie wit kultivar, enersyds omdat van ons land se beste sauvi

People who tell you that champagne must never be stored for long in the fridge are wrong, scientists have discovered.

No it’s not a new Russian Secret Police plan – it’s a whole new excitement in wine. Whether you are looking for a new hobby, the perfect present for a loved one or friend, or just ho

Oneric WinesSome tastings have a special kind of sparkle – this one started off with sparkly labels and proceeded to reveal some sparkling wines & a few sparks of mischievous information.WH

My co-workers are already getting sick of me talking about the North Carolina Nomacorc trip, but as we're having great conversations about Lean Six Sigma and efficient manufacturing processes, I'm tak