L'Ami Family Brasserie at La Motte is just the Franschhoek place to end your week with a delicious new Easy Friday Menu! In addition to the regular L’Ami offering, the Easy Friday menu will be available for both lunch and dinner and offers the perfect option for those...

  Caroline’s 2025 edition of her annual White Wine & Cap Classique Review, hailed as one of the most prestigious tasting events on the South African wine calendar, will be staged on Thursday, 6th November (17h00 to 21h00) in the Members’ Lounge on the 4th...

The Cellars-Hohenort Hotel & Spa will present its inaugural Tastes of the Valley event on Saturday, 15 November 2025, celebrating Constantia’s finest wines, perfectly paired with a taste of the hotel’s delectable cuisine. This relaxed, elegant wine tasting event...

During the winter, Haute Cabriere's architects and their building teams were hard at work to create a stunning new entrance. The result is crisp and clean and very inviting, elegant as befits what we have expected all these years from the family in Franschhoek. The...

Few foods enjoy global adoration quite like pizza. From the bustling pizzerias of Naples to late-night slices in New York City, pizza transcends borders, cultures and mealtimes. But behind the gooey cheese, crisp crust and tangy sauce lie surprising facts,...

Fairview’s 2025 Goat Run is taking place on Saturday, 11 October 2025, at the scenic Fairview Wine and Cheese Estate in Paarl, Western Cape. Marking the arrival of Spring and the Kidding Season at Fairview, this much-loved event is the perfect family day out,...

Salon, Luke Dale Roberts' fine dining restaurant, will host a one-of-a-kind wine dinner on Friday 10 October 2025, in collaboration with Luddite Wines. This exclusive event offers guests the rare opportunity to taste older vintages of Luddite’s exceptional Chenin...

Two rehabilitated small-spotted genets have taken their first steps back into the wild thanks to a new soft-release enclosure at  Vergelegen Wine Estate in Somerset West, created in partnership with the Kogelberg Biosphere Wildlife Rescue and Training Centre near...

Inspired by owner and well-known mezzo-soprano, Hanneli Rupert-Koegelenberg's love for the classics, the 2025 / 2026 summer series of light classical music commences on 11 October with a seasonal concert entitled, Spring is in the Air by acclaimed pianist and friend...

This restaurant proudly proclaims itself a mix of Los Angeles Street food and the bold flavours of Mexico, which they call Cal-Mex.   If you are looking for real Mexican food this is not the place for you, obviously, but if you are looking to have a fun time with...

Now in its fifth year, the Porcupine Ridge Pizzeria Challenge sees the public voting for their favourite local pizzeria via a dedicated website. The restaurant with the most votes will be crowned South Africa's favourite pizzeria, picking up the ultimate bragging...

This September, head to Morgenster Estate in the heart of the Helderberg to indulge in authentic Italian flavours with a local twist. The Restaurant at Morgenster is participating in Taste Stellenbosch, offering a special three-course menu, "Flavours of Italy", for...

First an explanation of some terms for those unfamiliar with Afrikaans GEES------means SPIRIT in the good sense. The Gees  (Spirit) to do something great and good. BOK__BOKKE (Plural) Traditionally Springboks--The National team shortened to BOK__BOKKE also means GOAT....

Wine Concepts will host their 13th annual Chardonnay & Pinot Noir Celebration at Moyo Restaurant, Kirstenbosch on Thursday, 18th September from 18.00 to 21.00. 45 of the Cape’s premium wine producers will be presenting an outstanding showcase of the Cape’s finest...

At 31-years of age, Fungai Rore is living proof that passion, determination and heritage can craft a truly flavourful life. Born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe, Rore’s love for cooking was sparked early, fuelled not by celebrity chefs or television shows, but by the...

Brandy has been crafted in South Africa for more than 330 years, with records showing the first distillation of brandewijn – ‘burnt wine’ in Dutch – took place on a ship in modern-day Table Bay in 1672. Over the centuries, it has evolved into a refined, award-winning...

I remember an American friend visiting me in Cape Town some years ago in the first week of September saying she had never been so cold in her whole life. As she had been a visitor to the skiing slopes of Europe, and having visited friends in Alaska, I had to take that...

Leopard’s Leap SA Table will introduce an exciting hands-on element and a Braai-inspired theme to celebrate Heritage Month and Braai Day - braai op ‘n stokkie! South Africa is a melting pot of cultures, all of which influence food traditions and styles of cooking. You...

There is part of Hermanus you could swear was Italian. It smells Italian, it looks Italian, and when you go into it, you could swear you were in Italy, to be more precise in the town of Lecco, which is where the Lenci family hails from. It is here that Fabio and his...