We came across the Curator’s Collection from Glen Carlou during our detrimental-to-the-liver December vacation when we tasted the 2013 Chenin Blanc and when the opportunity arose to taste the whole range, we jumped at the opportunity.

Jordan Wine Estate produces more than a few excellent wines and their Nine Yards Chardonnay is a firm favourite at Casa Batonage.

In five days from today it will be exactly 799 years since the signing of the Magna Carta – The Great Charter of the Liberties of England by King John.

he three key ingredients for an excellent Food and Wine evening: good food, good wine and a sprinkling of magic to bring it all together.

Our epic Stellenbosch Bucket List weekend continued with our first ever visit to Oldenburg. Here’s the background to the whole Stellenbosch Wine Routes initiative.

I love visiting Franschhoek. The village has real character with the beauty of the mountains embracing the town.

What to do when your usual Winelands picnic spot gets over run by hipsters, toddlers or (the horror!) hipsters with toddlers? 

If you know me, you know I get excited about wooded white wine, and none more so than wooded Chardonnay.

Cape Town’s only 6 star hotel was my choice for a surprise birthday gift for The Navigator: an evening on the Island in ultimate luxury beckoned;

Dombeya, the award winning wine brand made on Stellenbosch property Haskell Vineyards,