On Friday evening I had the pleasure of eating my first meal prepared by a Michelin star restaurant chef. Chef Roger Jones of The Harrow at Little Bedwyn, with a Michelin star earned every year in the past ten years, prepared a six-course meal at Continue reading →
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Cape Winemakers Guild Auction 2015 reaches new records!
The 31st Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild (CWG) Auction 2015 held at the Spier Conference Centre today achieved almost the same total as last year, at R11,8 million, despite 264 fewer cases having been sold today. Record prices for red and white wines were achieved, with an increase in the average price per case of 10%. The average price per case was R4599, or R767 per bottle. The 2015 revenue generated by the Auction was about R 100000 lower than that of 2014.
The 55 wines sold at the Auction today were 34 red wines, 17 white wines, 3 Méthode Cap Classique, and a dessert wine. The highest price achieved at the Auction was for the Kanonkop CWG Continue reading →
Cape Wine 2015: A New Era for South African wine!
The highlight of the Keynote addresses to open Cape Wine 2015 yesterday was the refreshing address by Franschhoek wine and hospitality investor from India, Mr Analjit Singh of the Leeu Collection, seeing the positive in almost everything about his interaction with our country in his multi-investment programme in Franschhoek.
Mr Singh has bought three smallholdings behind Grande Provence, to become Leeu Estates; the former Rusthof is opening in December and is to be renamed Leeu House; Le Quartier Français has been added to the Leeu Collection most recently; as has Heritage Square across the Continue reading →
WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 14 May
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* Former Capitec CEO Riaan Stassen appears to have bought Hidden Valley, the Stellenbosch wine estate on which Overture operates. The staff at the wine estate say they have heard the rumour too, but it has not been confirmed by their boss yet!
* ‘Budapest’ and ‘Blame it on me‘ singer George Ezra will perform in Cape Town on 29 August, at the Continue reading →