The heron is back, trying to catch our koi We cannot be sure of when we will next publish MENU. For at least the next week, probably much lo...

Taken a year ago when restaurants held a protest Despair. There are families all over this country for whom this is a reality. We’ve been ...

A delivery of two samples of Nuy Inspiration Merlot did take us a while to try, but we were very glad we did. It’s a new addition to the win...

We have had some excellent wines this last week. We had two super barrel-fermented choices from our cellar for International Chenin Blanc da...

There is quite a struggle at the moment for us to decide whether or not to go if someone invites us to a function or just to supper. We were...

A   Cape cormorant (Phalacrocorax capensis)  dries its wings between dinner-hunting forays There are times when one becomes excited by very ...

Food memories are so important to us, they shape our family life. Can you remember when you first had an ice cream? Or candyfloss? A very en...

A wine from our cellar that we had with our supper last night turned out to be a jewel This bottle of Ondine Cabernet Franc 2009 from Ormond...

Soon to be extinct? Pollution from a coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga Four stories this week, but that’s not the big news. The Big New...

On a lovely Saturday we were off to Avontuur Wine Farm in the Helderberg region of Stellenbosch. Known as "the home of fine wine and fa...