Kalahari Milk
What could have drawn one to this place but a quest for its simple riches – the milk of this land?
Stories
French Lessons, A Coming of Age
As a young girl growing up on the South African platteland, I had very little in the fashion stakes …
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After the Swan Song
There is something I’ve always found fascinating about people: some of us have a clear vision of what we want to do, some of us have no idea, and some
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Bottled Orchestra – The Resurrection of Quoin Rock
Rewind to less than a decade ago, and you’ll find the name Quoin Rock riddled with scandal and ill repute. But around 2015, the wine estate took a sudden turn
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The Story of How Chardonnay Came to South Africa
As a nation, South Africans share a close bond with the land and agricultural production. As a result, much of our shared wisdom – our idioms, proverbs and sayings –
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The story of De Grendel
Like any great dish, a great wine is made even greater by its story. And with a history as rich as that of my home country, experiencing a South African
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Q&A with La Motte’s Edmund Terblanche
Over the course of his tow-decade-long career at La Motte Wine Estate, Edmund Terblanche has not …
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The Bread Gypsy
Long before the low-GI, carb-clever, banting-friendly, wheat-free, gluten-free, and essentially joy-free varieties of bread began to populate our supermarket shelves, bread was a staple food. It had been one since
Preserving food with Salt
Salt is one of the most misunderstood ingredients of the culinary world. For the past sixty years, it has been engaged in an ongoing battle with its crystalline cousin, sugar.
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When Tannie Poppie came to visit JAN
Something about the story of Poppie van As immediately captured my imagination.
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