Many cocktails which are served in martini glasses are referred to as martinis these days. However, most of them are vodka based and very far from the original martini which only has 2 ingredients: Gin and vermouth.

In Elizabeth David’s 1960 classic French Provincial Cooking there is a recipe for coq au vin taken from La Cloche d’Or restaurant in Dijon.

The world of craft beer is exploding, and while we generally think that’s a good thing, along the lines of “the sudsier, the merrier,” it seems like beer culture is sort of evolving faster than we can drink it down.

Bill Murray was one of the big winners at Sunday night’s Emmy Awards, but the actor was a no-show at the ceremony.

Combining a holiday with a wine tasting tour?

A signature 10 Year Celebration Grappa, distilled in 2004 and left to mature in barrel for a decade, has been released to mark the 10th anniversary of the Dalla Cia Wine & Spirit Company.

Three Durbanville Hills wines received the coveted Grand d’Or (double gold) at the 2015 Michelangelo International Wine Awards.

A total of 65 restaurants in the Western Cape have been awarded the sought-after Diners Club Winelist Award.

No f***ing Merlot’. I think those were the words of Miles in ‘Sideways’ and now I see David Clarke using them for his Ex Animo trade show next week. No probs with that, I’d

The Empire of the Rising Sun did a Pearl Harbour on an out-of-shape and fatally complacent SA rugby team on Saturday as the Rugby World Cup kicked off in Brighton. The 32-34 result made headlines arou

It was only near the bottom of my bottle of Intellego Chenin Blanc 2011 that I fully realised how much I had been – how much I still was – enjoying it. You’d think there’d

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  Johannesburg we have come upon an almost long weekend. A lot of us (myself included) have taken today off and taken the opportunity to get out of the big city for a breath of fresh air. For t

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Jean Nel’s Herb & Garlic Sausage Coil Jean says, “Get your hinged grid out. A great way to feed lots of people without turning individual sausages. Ask your butcher to make you one lon

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Landskroon Cabernet Franc Merlot 2013 Landskroon is a jewel in the crown of Paarl Mountain. Family owned for 5 generations, with members of the 6th already working on the Estate, the winery and its vi

Nina Timm’s Chicken Roll Nina Timm says of her Chicken Roll, “This is a meal in one!   A delicious crust of puff pastry, filled with spinach, butternut and shredded roast chicken.

According to top growers in Champagne, global warming is actually having a positive effect on the region’s ‘forgotten’ grapes. Varieties such as Arbane, Petit Meslier, Fromentot an

Place in the Sun Sauvignon Blanc 2015 The Place in the Sun Wines are made in the Zonnebloem Wine Cellar at Adam Tas in Stellenbosch under Cellarmaster Deon Boshoff and are made to the identical standa