Perfectly balanced wines with elegance and texture – that is the philosophy of guest speaker Gerhard Smith, winemaker extraordinaire at La Vierge Wine Estate in the picturesque Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, near Hermanus in the Western Cape. In the same way that he has nurtured the winemaking process at La Vierge, so Gerhard will guide you by highlighting the nuances of the…
This past (very chilly) weekend, we headed up to the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, to spend a night at the gorgeous Granny Mouse Country House & Spa. After checking out the weather forecast for the weekend, I knew that there’d be a chance of snow in the Drakensberg, so the temperatures were going to plummet. Luckily, I knew that Granny Mouse have wood-burning…