A new era for Avontuur Estate
2021-06-18
Owned by the Taberer family since 1984, the property has recently undergone impressive renovations. Apart from its wines and horses, Avontuur is now also a spectacular wedding and events venue.
Taste travelling to Bordeaux
2021-05-14
“If you can’t travel with your body, at least travel with your senses,” goes the saying, and it’s a very apt expression for the times we currently live in.
How to spend a day in the Chianti Hills
2019-09-25
With sweat dripping down our faces, we catch the bus by a split second. We’re not too sure yet if it is, in fact, the correct bus, but we keep our fingers crossed. I’m trusting that my basic Italiano will not fail us today on this mission.
Sweet for Napoleon
2019-05-27
The connections between South Africa and the island of St Helena are numerous, given that Cape Town has shipped food and supplies to the remote British Overseas Territory ever since the two were bases of the Dutch and British East India Companies respectively.
Around the South African Table at Leopard’s Leap
2018-12-17
Food is a big part of travel and relationship: once you have shared a local meal with someone in a place other than your hometown, you instantly have a deeper connection.
Of berets and baguettes
2018-07-27
French flags adorn the buildings and the classic French beret makes a fashionable come-back – donned by all who roam the streets.