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Jorgensen’s
Distillery Wellington Wine
Festival Lunch
at Dunes A
day in Franschhoek Miles
for Style Cellarbake@Nitida
This week’s Product menu - More and more people are tasting and liking
truffles, the mysterious underground fungi which is one of the world's rarest
luxury food items. We stock a large range of truffle products from bottled
whole black truffles, to truffle butter, real truffle oils - both white and
black, truffle salt and truffle paste. At certain times of the year in
truffle season, we have access to fresh truffles which are flown in
from France and Italy. These are very, very expensive but not all our
truffle products are. If you can find it in the supermarket, we
don't usually stock it, just the products you would struggle to find... Check our online shop to see more details and prices.
Wellington Wine
Festival Saturday Are we festival jaded ? Not after the fun we
had at Wellington on Saturday. The festival was held on just three farms and
they hosted the other wine farms, so if you got to all three, and we
did, you had the opportunity to taste all the wines of the area.
We started with an unofficial
visit to Roger Jorgensen’s distillery in Main Street as we had a collection to
make (click here to read about Jorgensen’s)
Then it was off to Diemersfontein, where they had
games for the children on the lawn, half an ox roasting on a spit, lots of
braaiing and good music and we arrived in time for a good local chicken curry
for lunch. Then it was off to what looked like the most popular location, Bosman’s, as the grounds are huge
and there were hundreds of people all enjoying themselves under the oaks, doing
wine tastings and eating a selection of good food, while listening to famous
popular bands. Then we finished the day off at Welbedacht
who were also overflowing with people and fun, a whisky tasting and more
good music. Click here to see all the pictures
LUNCH ON THE
BEACH On Sunday we had to drive through to
Constantia to deliver an order to a client, so we decided to take our visiting Dutch friends
to have lunch at Dunes in Hout Bay. We have often written about
this beach side cafe restaurant because of its wonderful location, view and
rather tempting and simple food. They do really good fish and calamari and this
time we discovered that they also do good hamburgers. They all go with good
draft lager and the wine list isn’t shabby either. They are extremely children and
dog friendly too. Click here for the photos
FUN IN
FRANSCHHOEK Our friends visiting from
Holland had requested a trip to Franschhoek and we had a lovely summer’s day in
the country on Monday. We started at Pasch du Plooy’s Dutch East restaurant for
some good coffee, as the Dutch like to start their day this way. After five
minutes in the shops, the girls were ready to move on. OK, it was a little bit
longer and the men had to be patient. Then it was off to JP Colmant for a good
taste of his local MCC bubblies. We did see JP briefly and he looks rather
exhausted after a very, very busy harvest. Then it was off to show them the
beautiful view from Dieu Donné. The menu looked rather tempting, so we opted
for a nice table in the shade on the terrace. We had a very enjoyable lunch and
then it was off to La Motte to taste and buy some wine there. Next, it was
Antonij Rupert’s L’Ormarins Motor museum for the men. The ladies reclined on
the comfortable sofas and then it was time to drive home. See the photos here
Tuesday Miles
for Style On Tuesday we were off to L’Avenir in
Stellenbosch again, for the launch of Miles for Style, a loyalty programme tied
in with Voyager air miles, where you gain air miles with every R5 spent on your
purchase of luxury goods on their on-line shop. This offers an extensive range
of top-quality, unique and innovative brands. We were welcomed by a glass of
L’Avenir Brut Rosé with blueberries, had a brief tour of the wine cellar with
Barend Barnard, L’Avenir Marketing & Sales Manager, and then sat down to
brunch and lots of networking chat with many of the people involved and some
bloggers who were there to write about the day. We were presented with a great
gift bag containing a selection of the products you can purchase on the site. Do check it out and See our photographs here
Cellarbake@Nitida
On Sunday, 23rd March Nitida wine farm in Durbanville will be hosting a superb
event Cellarbake@Nitida a wine and baking tasting extravaganza with many of the
Capes top artisanal bakeries taking part. Check out their blog for further
details of this new and innovative event for those who want their cake with
wine http://nitida.co.za/my-blog/cellarbake-wine-cake And at their
restaurant, Cassia, you can book for a completely decadent high tea for only
R150 per person... And yes, we plan to be there.
Buying from us On Line We have a lot of fun putting MENU together each week and, of course, doing
the things we write about, but making it possible for you to enjoy rare and
wonderful gourmet foods is what drives our business. We stock a good range of ingredients and delicious ready-made
gourmet foods. You can contact us by email or phone, or through our on line shop. We can send your requirements
to you anywhere in South Africa. Please do not pay until we have confirmed availability and
invoiced you, then you pay and then we deliver or post. When you make an eft payment,
make sure that it says who you are. Use the form on the website to email us
your order. Click here to see our OnLine Shop.
There is a huge and rapidly growing
variety of interesting things to occupy your leisure time here in the Western
Cape. There
are so many interesting things to do in our world of food and wine that we have
made separate list for each month for which we have information. To see what’s happening in our world of
food and wine (and a few other cultural events), visit
our Events Calendar.
All the events are listed in date order and we already have a large number of
exciting events to entertain you right through the year. Events outside the Western Cape are listed here.
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
Chez Gourmet in Claremont has a programme of cooking classes. A calendar of their classes can be seen here. Nadège Lepoittevin-Dasse has cooking classes in
Fish Hoek 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. Brett Nussey’s Stir
Crazy courses are now being run from Dish Food and
Social’s premises in Main Road Observatory (opposite Groote Schuur hospital).
Lynn Angel runs the Kitchen Angel
cooking school and does private dinners at her home. She holds hands-on cooking
classes for small groups on Monday and Wednesday evenings. She trained with
Raymond Blanc, and has been a professional chef for 25 years. More info here
19th March 2014
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.
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