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7 hours 23 min agoSeptember 6, 2010
13:24
Carl Schultz on Shiraz
The first time I listened engrossed while Carl Schultz spoke about wine was about a year ago. The occasion was a dinner and tasting of 11 South African Rieslings. A notoriously difficult grape from which to make a good wine in South Africa, Carl’s discourse about the varietal, its origins, the difficulties a winemaker faces [...]
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
August 23, 2010
00:22
As happy as a clam in a pot of chowder!
Preparation Time: 60 minutes Cooking Time: 45 minutes Yield: 4-6 “It’s not easy to get hold of big clams,” said Claudio. I was chatting to Claudio Paioni, co-owner of Seafood on Sail, during a recent visit in search of some good fresh fish. In the course of conversation, Claudio noted that he had acquired a [...]
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
August 3, 2010
10:51
Sticky Chocolate Pudding & 2009 Fleur du Cap Noble Late Harvest
Preparation Time: 30 minutes Baking Time: 40 minutes Yield: 4-6 Those of you who follow this column with any regularity will know that I am inclined to steer clear of baking, not because I don’t like to bake, but because I find it intimidating. It is a most precise undertaking, where small deviations in quantity [...]
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
July 20, 2010
18:19
Libertè, egalitè, fraternitè! The Franschhoek Bastille Festival
Eppie and I were well and truly muffled up when we left Somerset West for Franschhoek on Saturday. With the hint of winter’s steel in the sunbathed air justifying the layers, we were looking most forward to a day in Franschhoek, celebrating everything that is French, but particularly the sentiment of freedom that has become [...]
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July 14, 2010
17:41
Wild mushroom risotto & Groote Post 2010 Sauvignon Blanc Reserve
When you get invited to go wild mushroom picking for the first time, you accept with alacrity. What you also do, when the phone call does come – this is a weather dependent exercise – you drop everything and go. Why is it then, that it took three consecutive invitations from Anita Bunn to get [...]
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July 9, 2010
10:43
Shortbread with a difference
Preparation Time: 20 minutes Baking Time: 45 minutes Yield:Plenty! The pursuit of physical perfection – well such as it is possible for those over 50 considering the inexorable effect of gravity – requires, other than regular physical exercise, a change in eating habits. The first requirement is a healthy diet, and the second is a [...]
Categories: Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
June 25, 2010
00:50
Smile, you’re on candid camera
Google Street View has arrived in the Cape Winelands. The groundbreaking system was launched during an innovative teleconference last Thursday, led by Google product manager for Europe and Africa, Jarda Bengle, speaking from Google’s European offices in Zurich, Switzerland. Mr Bengle “walked” participating media people through the finer details of Google Street View, the controversial [...]
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June 23, 2010
18:59
Out of the rot comes forth sweetness
Pieter Badenhorst of Fleur du Cap is the first winemaker I’ve listened to who actually explains the intricacies, pitfalls and barnacles inherent in making a noble late harvest (NLH) or noble rot wine. Most all other explanations I’ve heard are glib and misleading, as if this benign fungus invades the vineyard and gently turns the grapes [...]
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June 17, 2010
09:09
Morgenster 2006: A step closer to Guilio Bertrand’s dream
When Henry Kotze said he had big shoes to fill at Morgenster, he wasn’t kidding. It was the occasion of the annual launch of the next vintage of the boutique Helderberg estate’s Lourens River Valley and flagship Morgenster Bordeaux style blends, and Henry had the daunting task of introducing the 2006 vintage made by his predecessor, [...]
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June 15, 2010
16:46
Feta and Basil Stuffed Calamari
Preparation Time: 60 minutes Cooking Time: 45 minutes Yield: 4-6 The genesis of a recipe can be fascinating. A reader stopped me at the gym other day, and asked if I’d ever eaten calamari tubes stuffed with feta and basil. Seems he’d enjoyed the dish at a local restaurant, and wanted to replicate the dish [...]
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June 6, 2010
13:42
Lunch at Eikendal
An email arrived in my mail box on Monday, which offered the alluring prospect of lunch with a lovely lady at a wine estate with spectacular views, and a couple of trout dams in situ. Those who know the area will recognise it as Eikendal Vineayards, just a short distance from Somerset West on the [...]
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12:24
Spicy Thai-style Pesto
Preparation Time: 30 minutes Cooking Time: 0 minutes Yield: 300ml Dear wife Eppie has been banging on at me about making pesto. We’ve got this enormous perennial basil bush growing in the back garden, and because it is so vigorous, it sprouts leaves at a rate of knots. If it is left to its own [...]
Categories: Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
12:12
Rye Bread Revisited
Preparation Time: 60 minutes Baking Time: 30 minutes Yield: 1 loaf I did a rye bread recipe a few weeks ago which was very well received, despite my initially talking of 125ml cups rather than 250ml cups of flour! Apologies to those who made what amounted to sticky gingerbread! The previous recipe was a soda [...]
Categories: Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
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