Back to the Future (Mon, 27 Apr 2009)
The oldest Cape wine region is also the newest The Cape wine industry turns 350 years old this year...

Golfing wine (Mon, 10 Nov 2008)
Of all the sportsmen that seem to love buying wine farms or making wine, none seem keener than golfers...

Delaire (Tue, 09 Sep 2008)
It’s a bit of a “watch this space” – the re-launch of wine estate Delaire – but I was reminded of the winery again because SABC3 are rebroadcasting their mini-series on the life of mining legend Barney Barnato...

Wine training and Project Laduma (Wed, 30 Jul 2008)
Blessed with wonderful (and wonderfully visitor-friendly) wine regions, the Cape is a fabulous proposition for wine lovers...

Old reds (Tue, 08 Jul 2008)
The winery at Chamonix has a new restaurant, run by a French couple who used to have Mon Plaisir at the bottom of the Hartenberg Road...

Cloned food: should we? (Thu, 29 May 2008)
For a paper on cloned foodstuffs that my brother is presenting at a conference in New Orleans later this week, see here...

Perdeberg (Thu, 29 May 2008)
The Perdeberg lies between Wellington and Riebeeck Kasteel, named after the zebras that used to roam here...

Do our reds age? (Tue, 20 May 2008)
No theme to this column today, but a wandering through some of the wine experiences I’ve recently had...

Day after mother’s (Wed, 14 May 2008)
Seth Godin writes about the banality of mother’s day and sweetly pays homage, something I can relate to with the passing of mine...

Real Gourmet Hamburger (Wed, 14 May 2008)
Should chef like Heston Blumenthal be bothering with burgers? The Blumenburger?! It will take you more than a day to make, and that’s not talking about the fries…...