A tree in the
Hemel en Aarde Valley, dressed in lovely natural colours
Thank you for
reading MENU, our blogs, tweets, Facebook and LinkedIn and other messages through this
year. Thank you too, to those of you who have ordered from us online. We will
be taking a break for a few weeks and look forward to writing to you again in
2015.
We wish you a happy
Christmas
(and if it is not your special religious holiday,
a happy year-end
holiday break)
and great good fortune in 2015
18th December 2014
Learn about wine and cooking We receive a lot of enquiries
from people who want to learn more about wine. Cathy
Marston and The Cape
Wine Academy both run wine education courses, some very
serious and others more geared to fun. You can see details of Cathy’s WSET and
other courses here
and here and the CWA courses here. Karen Glanfield has taken
over the UnWined
wine appreciation courses from Cathy. See the details here
The Hurst Campus, an accredited school for people who want to become
professional chefs, has a variety of courses. See the details here
Chez Gourmet in Claremont has a programme of cooking classes. A calendar of their classes can be seen here.
In addition to the
new Sense
of Taste Culinary Arts School, Chef Peter Ayub runs a
four module course for keen home cooks at his Maitland complex. Details
here
Nadège Lepoittevin-Dasse has French cooking classes in Noordhoek and
conducts cooking tours to Normandy. You can see
more details here.
Emma Freddi runs the
Enrica Rocca cooking courses at her
home in Constantia.
Remember - if you can’t find something, we’ll do our
best to get it for you, and, if you’re in Cape Town or elsewhere in the
country, we can send it to you! Check our online shop for details and prices.
PS If a word or name is in bold type and underlined,
click on it for more information
Phones: +27 21 439 3169 / 083 229 1172 /
083 656 4169
Postal address: 60 Arthurs Rd, Sea Point 8005
Our Adamastor
& Bacchus© tailor-made Wine, Food and Photo tours take small groups (up to 6) to specialist
wine producers who make the best of South Africa’s wines. Have fun while you
learn more about wine and how it is made! Tours can be conducted in English,
German, Norwegian and standard or Dutch-flavoured Afrikaans.
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