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Articles: Food and
Wine
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Pairing cheese and wine
When paired together, wine and cheese simply bring out the best in each other. Much like most partnerships, experts cannot pinpoint the chemistry or elusive X-factor that makes this a perfect match. |
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Peppadew - Next Superfruit
The piquante pepper was found in 1993 by South African farmer Johan Steenkamp when he spotted a bush covered with red fruit that looked like a cross between small peppers and tomatoes. |
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African Baobab The New Superfruit
It has twice as many antioxidants as goji berries, and more calcium than milk. In fact, it may be the richest plant source of calcium on earth. It has more iron than red meat, more potassium than a banana and more magnesium than spinach. |
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Swartland Wine Route
The Swartland Santam Wine Route is an ideal day trip destination from Cape Town ...close enough to get to, yet far enough to get away. Swartland offers rolling hills and sweeping vistas of wheat fields and vineyards and its vastness. |
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350 Years Of Wine Making
Jan van Riebeeck's diary entry of February 2, 1659 reads: "today, praise be to God, wine was pressed for the first time from Cape grapes, and the new must was tested fresh from the vat." |
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Durbanville Wine Valley
Only 20 minutes drive from Cape Town, Durbanville Wine Valley with hectares of flourishing vineyards and hospitable atmosphere, is fast becoming one of the Cape's choice destinations. |
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The KWV Wine Emporium
The KWV Wine Emporium is the perfect place to have a South African wine experience. Here, in sociable style, you can taste and buy the award winning wines, brandies and fortified products of KWV International. |
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Wine Tasting Techniques
Wine tasting is an art and wine connoisseurs follow some general guidelines when judging a wine. It is very easy to learn the techniques of wine tasting. There are only three general guidelines for judging a wine's character - the nuances of the look, the smell and the taste of the wine. |
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Pinotage - Wine of the Cape
Pinotage is a uniquely South African grape variety and is the result of a cross between the Pinot Noir and Cinsault varieties. This red-wine grape was bred in 1925 by Professor A.I Peroldt at Stellenbosch University. |
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Red Wines of the Cape
South Africa has grown to become the seventh largest wine producer in the world. Vineyards have been dominated by white grape varieties in the past, but the production of red varieties are increasing. The Cape Region is home to all South African wines and up to six local crossings are cultivated here. The best known of these is a red variety, Pinotage. |
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White Wines of the Cape
The bulk of South Africa's experience with wine rests on the shoulders of white wine grapes, particularly Chenin Blanc. White wine varieties include Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Colombar and Hanepoot. |
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Wines of the Cape
Cape Town is the gateway to the South African winelands and one of the great wine capitals of the world. The Cape Winelands is the largest wine producing region in the Western Cape and hosts some of the Cape's finest wineries. |
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Wines Regions of the Cape
The Cape Winelands is a term used to describe several distinct wine-growing regions in South Africa. Production zones in the Cape winelands are divided into four main regions, the Breede River Valley, Klein Karoo, Coastal Region and Olifants River. |
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Mampoer
Mampoer is part of South Africa's cultural heritage. Its legend is so entangled in the South African folklore legends that it is difficult to distinguish between facts and fables. |
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Van Ryn's Distillery
At Van Ryn's Distillery visitors have the opportunity to see the ancient art of brandy making including the skill of the barrel maker, who crafts the oak barrels in which the brandy is placed for years of maturation, the process that gives this unique spirit its distinctive taste. |
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The South African Brandy Routes
Brandy, one of South Africa's most famous and finest products, is distilled and matured in many different cellars located in the rolling winelands of the Western Cape. The Brandy route was launched in 1997, 325 years after the first brandy was distilled in South Africa. It is an exciting addition to the tourist attractions of the Western Cape. |
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Cape Malay Food
Food plays an important role in the community life of the Cape Malay. They have always believed that it is not enough to simply provide your guests with good food; you must entertain them with good conversation and make them feel welcome and appreciated. |
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South African Cuisine - A Melting Pot
A combination of recipes of many diverse cultural groups over 350 years has created a truly South African cuisine. Influenced from Black cultures, the Far East, Europe and indigenous people create an exceptional food experience. |
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