With the arrival of a New Year, one sometimes has the same ambivalent feelings that you have with a birthday. Grateful for having made it through another year, excited about the opportunities of another trip around the sun, but also realisi...
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My most successful blog for 2024 was No Recipe. "I agree that one shouldn’t change a winning recipe, but the 2024 wine grape harvest once again proved that when it comes to making a new vintage of wine, there really isn’t a recipe." Loo...
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It is trend time and if you are in the wine industry, you will obviously be interested in drinks trends. We need to look wider than our own category as competition in wine is not only from other estates or wine producing countries, but also...
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The first weekend of December is always about celebrating our valley's joie de vivre with the fabulous Franschhoek Cap Classique & Champagne Festival. Sparkling wine is enjoyed and appreciated globally as part of special celebration...
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The Franschhoek Village Market has been a trending topic on Franschhoek social platforms recently. A request from some local businesses to limit the popular weekend market's operating hours had the community hot under the collar and the who...
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