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    Lievland Café Review: Visiting This Stellenbosch Treasure

    24 January 2024 - By 

    Tucked away in the Stellenbosch Wine Route, along the famous R44, between Stellenbosch and Klapmuts, one finds a charming, new Cape Winelands café addition in Lievland Café. Explore the Exciting Lievland Vineyards and Lievland Café In 2017, MAN Family Wines, a partnership between Tyrrel Myburgh and José Conde, acquired this beautiful farm and set out to restore it to its former glory. Safe to say, they, and the respective teams behind both the stylish tasting room and café at Lievland Vineyards (which translates to ‘loveland’ in English, a most fitting name!), have achieved that goal. And they have done so…

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    Review: Unearthing Hidden Valley Wines, Stellenbosch

    12 June 2022 - By 

    Hidden Valley Wines is one of Stellenbosch’s best-kept secrets. I say secret because many people fail to understand just how much of an experience this wine farm truly is. It offers visitors everything from memorable wine pairings to quality restaurant- and picnic-meals, as well as beautiful Bush Lodge accommodation. In this post, I share my experience of the estate’s food and wine options and nature trail, while also touching on its offer estate offerings. Visiting Stellenbosch’s Best-kept Secret: Hidden Valley Wines Hidden Valley is aptly named. It lies tucked away at the top of a long, narrow drive, pressed into…

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    Picnic Photo Essay: Relaxing Picnics at Alluvia Boutique Winery

    27 March 2021 - By 

    Alluvia Boutique Winery is a beautiful boutique wine farm hidden in the Stellenbosch Winelands. This unique estate, which offers award-winning wine, accommodation and food, also has lovely relaxing picnics for guests to enjoy. In this photo essay, I share all about our vegetarian picnic experience at Alluvia Boutique Winery. Oh, the Views at Alluvia Boutique Winery Alluvia, which lies tucked away in the foothills of Banhoek Valley, is one of the estates found along the incredibly scenic Helshoogte Pass. Because of this, the estate’s views are incredible. With rolling fields, crisp vineyards and stunning, encircling mountains, Alluvia is a visual…

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    Best Wine Farm Experiences

    5 March 2021 - By 

    On wine estates across the globe, there are incredible wine farm experiences to be enjoyed. In wine regions spanning from France to the US. Wine Farm Winners South Africa’s Cape Winelands especially offer some truly wonderful wine farm experiences. Think everything from dreamy picnics to unique wine tastings to delight all your senses! In this post, myself and some guest writers share our best wine farm experiences to enjoy, as either a tourist or local. Cape Overberg Region: The Giant Periwinkle What: Visiting Giant Periwinkle is always a pleasant experience for me. It is not often that you come across…

  • Travel Review: An Exclusive Tasting – Warwick Wine Estate for the Win

    21 November 2017 - By 

    If there’s one way to describe Warwick Wine Estate – it would be as: pretty inspirational. Not least of all because this Ratcliffe family-owned and run estate has successfully raked in the wine awards over the years – but, perhaps more importantly, because of its pioneering original winemaker, Norma Ratcliffe. During the 1970s, Norma became South Africa’s first female winemaker and a precedence for aspiring women winemakers was set… To honour her achievement, Warwick’s ‘The First Lady’ wine was born. Having visited Warwick twice to date in the past year (first for one of their gourmet picnics, before this most…