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...
LANDSKROON SHIRAZ 2019, PERFECT WITH NINA TIMM’S FRIED LIVER WITH RICH ONION GRAVY…
Landskroon Shiraz 2019, a fine expression of the grape from Paul de Villiers, Michiel du Toit & Dani Brown...
LANDSKROON CAPE VINTAGE 2019, A PORT BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD TASTE AS SWEET…
Landskroon Cape Vintage 2019, a fine fortified Port style wine, made from Portuguese Port varieties, Tinta Barocca dominating...
The Podcast #2, some stunning wines here for your listening pleasure…
The Podcast #2, here is a recent selection of podcasts of mine which will amuse and educate....
Landskroon Pinotage 2018, great partner to Alida Ryder’s Easy Tomato Soup with grilled Cheese, perfect mid-week supper dish…
Landskroon Pinotage 2018, a gem of a wine, made from South Africa's Red Wine Grape Pinotage, great expression...
Valentine’s Day Angel Food, Nicky Barber’s Fig & Cherry Cakelette, great match with Landskroon Blanc de Noir 2020…
Nicky Barber's Fig & Cherry Cakelette, a perfect small batch bake for Valentine's Day, perfect with Landskroon Blanc de Noir 2020...
Landskroon Blanc de Noir 2020 the perfect wine for my fresh Norwegian Salmon cured with Gabriel Boudier Saffron Gin…
Landskroon Blanc de Noir 2020, an off-dry Pinotage, the most delicate coral pink in colour and fabulous fruit on the nose and palate...
Landskroon Shiraz 2018 in its exciting new livery, my Instagram TV Video…
Landskroon Shiraz 2018 , a gem of a wine in its brand new livery and bottle shape, watch my Instagram TV Video...
Pinotage Day October 10th, here are a few delicious wines with which to celebrate…
Pinotage Day October 10th offer us the opportunity to celebrate this truly South African grape, which Protea-like has many guises...
Landskroon Cape Vintage, a fine Port style wine, watch my You Tube Video…
Landskroon Cape Vintage, a fine Port Style Wine from Paul de Villiers V. All gussied up in new livery, superb style expression...
Landskroon Paul de Villiers Cabernet Sauvignon 2018, my YouTube Video…
Landskroon Paul de Villiers Cabernet Sauvignon 2018, made from the finest grapes on the Estate, matured in all new French Oak Barrels...
The much awarded Landskroon Cape Vintage [formerly Port] has an interesting history of its own…
Landskroon Cape Vintage takes own new clothes in an imported bottle with a unique two colour livery, made in the Port Style with Portuguese Port Varieties...
Landskroon Merlot 2018, in its brand new livery is lovely in combination with Lizet Hartley’s Pork Chops with Mushrooms & Cider Cream Sauce…
Landskroon Merlot Vintage 2018 appears in brand new livery, full bodied red rich and round, full of red berries and plums...
Landskroon Paul de Villiers Reserve 2017, Nina Timm’s Hearty Beef & Mushroom Pie is the perfect partner…
Paul de Villiers V and his vineyard and cellar teams produce the sublime Landskroon Paul de Villiers Reserve 2017 in homage to the previous Pauls...
Landskroon Cinsaut 2018, delicious as a partner to Carey Boucher Erasmus’s Coconut Fish Curry…
Landskroon Cinsaut 2018, made with a parent of our Pinotage, delicious everyday quaffer from Paul de Villiers V, Cellarmaster in the Estate...
Landskroon Cinsaut Shiraz 2017, a red blend for today’s #sawineonlockdown…
Landskroon Cinsaut Shiraz 2017, a red blend for today in the #sawinelockdown programme. A delicious Autumn wine...
Landskroon Chardonnay Unwooded 2019, perfect to serve with Dianne Bibby’s Pear Leek & Brie Soup…
Landskroon Chardonnay Unwooded 2019, an enchanting glass, so perfect for the end of summer sunset sipping and great with food...
Landskroon Sauvignon Blanc 2019, great partner to Anina Meyer’s Chilled Cucumber Pea & Yoghurt Soup…
Landskroon Sauvignon Blanc 2019, a delicious dry sparky wine from the De Villiers family, 5 generations on the slopes of the Paarl Mountain...
Landskroon Paul de Villiers Shiraz 2017, serve chilled with Nina Timm’s Beef Carpaccio…
Named for 5 generations of Paul de Villiers as Winemakers, Landskroon Paul de Villiers Shiraz 2017, a great expression of a great grape...
Landskroon Wine Estate – a thoroughly modern winery steeped in history…
Landskroon Wine Estate against Paarl Mountain is owned and managed by the De Villiers Family, descendants of Paul IV and Hugo de Villiers...
Landskroon Cinsaut 2016, good with Christine Capendale’s Lamb Meatball Tagine with Butternut & Feta…
Landskroon Cinsaut 2016, a sublime cherry coloured, cherry flavoured, delicate red wine, perfect for spring and summer foods...
Landskroon Shiraz 2017, prefect match with Lizet Hartley’s Green Bean Bredie…
Landskroon Shiraz 2017, a star from the estate, well known in earlier days for Port style and red wines...
Landskroon Merlot 2017, perfect with Ina Paarman’s Venison Pie with Port & Prunes…
Now that Merlot is finding its way into the limelight as a single variety, the Landskroon Merlot 2017 would be the perfect 'go to' to find out what Merlot actually tastes like...
Landskroon UnWooded Chardonnay 2018, perfect partner to Meeta K Wolff’s Green Asparagus Chicken Caesar Salad with Honeyed Pecan Nuts…
Landskroon UnWooded Chardonnay 2018, untrammeled by oak, the fruit just shines through in this vibrant expression of the grape...
Landskroon 2018 Chenins, one dry, one off dry, delicious with Ina Paarman’s Cheese & Leek Quiche…
A perfect expression of our most planted wine grape, The Landskroon 2018 Chenins, dry & off dry. Delicious with Ina Paarman's Cheese & Leek Quiche....
Landskroon Cabernet Franc Merlot 2017, good with Hein van Tonder’s Aubergine Schnitzels….
A sublime blend of Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Shiraz, the Landskroon Cabernet Franc Merlot 2017 is the perfect food wine...
Landskroon Cinsaut 2016, a good match to Jane Anne Hobbs’s Low-Carb Seared Tuna with a Burnt Tomato & Caper Dressing…
Landskroon Cinsaut 2016, an elegant expression of one of my favourite wine grapes coming back into fashion again.
Landskroon Cabernet Sauvignon 2016, a perfect partner to Ina Paarman’s Super Juicy Steak…
Landskroon Cabernet Sauvignon 2016, a fine Paarl Cabernet, made by 5th generation Paul de Villiers.
Landskroon Pinotage 2016, perfect with a heritage dish from Lizet Hartley…
Made from a grape produced in the 1920s by Abraham Perold, the Landskroon Pinotage 2016, is a fine expression of the grape. Paul de Villiers, 5th generation Cellarmaster carries on the fine wine tradition of the family...
Landskroon Sauvignon Blanc 2017, good with Justine Wall’s Broad Bean, Pea & Pancetta Risotto with Fennel Salt
Landskroon Sauvignon Blanc 2017 is made in the Estate's Cellar from a selection of grapes from Western Cape Appellation Vineyards. An anytime wine, especially good food.
Landskroon Paul de Villiers Shiraz 2015, ideal with Dianne Bibby’s Roast Aubergines with miso & pomelo
Landskroon Paul de Villiers Shiraz 2015, a fine expression of Shiraz from Paul de Villiers, 5th generation Cellarmaster of this well known family owned Paarl Wine Estate
Landskroon’s Paul Hugo White 2017 & Paul Hugo Red 2016, two modern wines from the De Villiers Family
Landskroon's Paul Hugo White 2017 & Paul Hugo Red 2017, two wines for easy entertaining, food wines and sipping wines.
Landskroon Blanc de Noir Off Dry 2017 & Tamsin Snyman’s Tuna Phyllo Samoosas with Cucumber Raita – 26.01.2018
Landskroon Blanc de Noir Off Dry 2017 The de Villiers family of Landskroon, have been there for five generations, each Cellarmaster has been called Paul. When I asked the current Cellarmaster Paul who would be his ideal dinner guests, he wanted the previous Paul’s there so that they could tell him how they made wine!
Landskroon Chenin Blancs, a special pair with Tracy Foulkes’s Fresh Pea Pesto & Ricotta Bruschetta – 24.11.2017
A pair of Landskroon Chenin Blancs, one dry, the other off dry, from Paul de Villiers, 5th generation winemaker at the estate.
Landskroon Cinsaut Shiraz 2016 & Cheryl Bennett’s One Pot Chicken Pasta with Creamy Sundried Tomato Sauce – 27.10.2017
There is something quite beguiling about a Cinsaut when giving it a bit of beef by blending it with Shiraz. Chill it lightly before serving. It will partner Cheryl Bennett's Pasta dish perfectly.
Landskroon Sauvignon Blanc 2017 with Tracy Foulkes’s Candied Walnut & Pear Salad with Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing – 28.09.2017
Landskroon Sauvignon Blanc 2017 with Tracy Foulkes’s Candied Walnut & Pear Salad with Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing. Lovely summery wine for a crisp flavoursome summery salad.
Landskroon Shiraz 2015 & Ina Paarman’s Beef Olives – 30.06.2017
Landskroon Shiraz 2015 Landskroon sits on the slopes of the iconic Paarl Mountain, so named because the three large rocks on the top shine like pearls in the sun after rain. The South-Western slope face towards Cape Town. Nelie & Paul de Villiers Since the family bought the farm some 5 generations ago, the Cellar
Landskroon Pinotage 2014 & Tracy Foulkes’s Whole Roasted Butternut With & Simple Balsamic Reduction – 26.05.2017
Landskroon Pinotage 2014 Pinotage, the iconic South African grape, was created in the late 1920s. It was not until some 30 years later, that grapes from Bellevue Wine Estate were bottled as Pinotage under the Lanzerac label. Pinotage lay quiet until the 1970s when the pioneers of modern Pinotage starting producing wines from easy quaffers
Landskroon Paul de Villiers Reserve 2015 & Justine Wall’s Beef & Black Olives – 28.04.2017
Landskroon Paul de Villiers Reserve 2015 The de Villiers family moved to Landskroon in the middle of the 19th Century, and since that time, the head of the family has been named Paul. Today Paul de Villiers, the fifth generation on the Estate, winner of the Diners Club Winemaker of the Year, is the cellar
Landskroon Paul de Villiers Merlot 2014 & Ina Paarman’s Individual Beef Wellingtons – 24.02.2016
Landskroon Paul de Villiers Merlot 2014 When I asked Paul de Villiers, Cellarmaster at Landskroon Wine Estate on the South-Western slopes of the iconic Paarl Mountain, who he would like as dinner guests, he said “the previous 5 Pauls, I want to hear about how they made wine.” Paul V is no slouch at winemaking
Landskroon Cinsaut 2015 & Nadia Graves’s Sauté of Veal with Noilly Prat – 27.01.2017
Landskroon Cinsaut 2015 Cinsaut was one of the red wine grape varieties planted heavily after the phylloxera decimated the Cape Vineyards. In the 1980s it was about 13% of the South African vineyard, and yet at the turn of the century had dropped down to near 3%. Known as Hermitage in the early days, it
Grilled Nectarine & Lentil Salad with Parma ham – Tracy Foulkes
Tracy Foulkes's Grilled Nectarine & Lentil Salad with Parma ham With summer, we are fortunate to have the most amazing array of wonderful fruit available. Especially early in the season with the wonderful nectarines, white fleshed peaches and apricots. Tracy Foulkes, that most innovative of cooks, comes up with some quirky salad recipes which are
Spicy roasted chicken & sausages with marmalade & thyme – Sam Linsell
Sam Linsell’s spicy roasted chicken and sausages with marmalade & thyme This chicken dish is a twist on a recipe I have in my cookbook for a marmalade chicken and sausage tray bake. I was delighted to be asked to contribute to the Nomu recipe mailer which goes out to their large subscriber base each
Sosatie Chops – Nina Timm
Nina Timm's Sosatie ChopsRecipe from her book Easy Cooking in Nina Timm's Kitchen Traditional sosaties are truly South African and I still find the flavour and colour of a lamb sosatie irresistible. This recipe doesn’t require hours of marinating, and by using chops instead of a leg of lamb, you get to keep
Braised Lamb Shank Ragu Pasta – Le Creuset
Le Creuset's Braised Lamb Shank Ragu Pasta Ingredients 3 lamb shanks Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 onions, chopped 1 large carrot, cut into 1cm slices 1 clove garlic, minced 500ml red wine 1 tin whole peeled plum tomatoes 500ml prepared NoMU beef stock 2 sprigs