MY CHRISTMAS STOCKING STUFFERS FOR YOUR LOVED ONES…

This time of the year one is always looking for the Christmas Stocking Stuffer for a loved one. Here is my choice for some stars...

November 24th, 2021|Categories: wine of the day|Tags: , , , Durbanville Hills Winery, , Groot Constantia Wines, , , , , Oldenburg Wines, , Simonsig Wine Estate, , , , |

De Grendel Koetshuis Sauvignon Blanc 2019, so good with Jane-Anne Hobbs’s Spaghettini with a Double-Creamy Onion, Lemon & ‘Caviar’ Sauce…

De Grendel Koetshuis Sauvignon Blanc 2019, a fine example of the grape from Lutzville & Darling, with a touch of De Grendel Semillon...

February 19th, 2020|Categories: wine of the day|Tags: Charles Hopkins, Darling Wines, , , , , Jane Anne Hobbs, Lutzville Wines, Sauvignon Blanc|

Shortbread bars with whisky marmalade – Sam Linsell

Sam Linsell's Shortbread Bars with Whisky Marmalade Yield: 20 squares Ingredients 220g butter 30g icing sugar 80g caster sugar zest of an orange 30g cornflour 300g flour 1 cup marmalade 2 – 3 tsp whisky icing sugar to dust Instructions Pre heat the oven to 160C / 325 F and line a 20cm

September 16th, 2014|Categories: Recipes|Tags: , , |
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De Grendel Wines

The view across the vineyards to Table Mountain In the early 1970s when I had just returned from the UK and cookery school, I cooked a meal at De Grendel for that political icon, Leader of the Opposition, Sir de Villiers and Lady Graaff for an important political dinner. It was all very

October 21st, 2009|Categories: Winery partners|Tags: , Durbanville, South African Wines|
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