The Winelands of the Western Cape in South Africa are a huge draw for national and international visitors alike, for the wine tasting certainly, but also for the spectacular beauty, rich history and gastronomic excellence.
Committed to providing our visitors with the latest news and insights, we are constantly visiting wine estates and trying wines, to ensure we can share with you some of our favourites. Each month we feature a wine or wine estate that we love – it’s a tough job but someone has to do it.
We know that our many visitors to Cape Town want to taste some of our great wines during their visit, but with so many other attractions to fit in and so many different wine estates to try there is often little time to really get to grips with the regions finest. I [...]
Richard Holt – our inhouse wine fanatic/fundi and Travel Concepts Director recently visited Constantia Glen wine estate. This is what went down – according to him!
The Constantia Valley, just 20 minutes south of Cape Town is famous for its colonial history, its beauty, style and affluence. It’s a place where people enjoy the finer things [...]
This month our MD Richard Holt and wine fanatic tells us about his recent wine tasting experience at Blonde Restaurant:
I was lucky enough recently to be invited to lunch at the new Restaurant, Blonde in Cape Town specifically to celebrate the release of the new chardonnays from the renowned Bouchard Finlayson winery in the Walker [...]
After my shameful performance at my first Under the Influence wine tasting – see Under the influence of White Blends – it was little surprise that that Mrs. Holt took a dim view when I informed her that I would be attending the next one. But a whining “I’m really interested in the history of [...]
For those who are keen to avoid the tourist masses and venture off the beaten track in search of a different wine tasting experience, there are some real hidden gems to be found in the winelands of the Western Cape and one of our particular favourites is the Elgin Valley.
The winelands are a major [...]
If you like your Chardonnays big, bold, and wooded then at Travel Concepts we are perhaps not your best people to ask for advise on what to choose. They are a bit too heavy for us. But the good news is that in South Africa we also make some excellent unwooded chardonnays and we absolutely [...]
White pepper, linoleum, nail polish and wait for it…sweat!!! Just a few of the bizarre aromas of some of South Africa’s increasing famous white blend wines, this according to the 30 guests (including me), who attended the latest tasting evening from Cape Town based wine company Under the Influence.
Based at the Roundhouse Restaurant, an old [...]
The wines of the Waterford Estate near Stellenbosch are amongst our very favourites but recently wine maker Kevin Arnold has taken the wine tasting experience to a brand new level and he recently invited us to join him on his new “wine drive safari”.
Based very much on the game drive experience (Kevin has even bought [...]
Sat down with slow roasted duck for Christmas dinner, the choice of wine in the Holt household was Pinot Noir, so for this special occasion our MD Richard pushed the boat out and opened a bottle of the best. From the small family winery in the beautiful Elgin Valley, wine maker James Downes has carved [...]
Summer and the sun have arrived back in Cape Town, so with picnics and lunches by the pool now in order there is nothing better than a glass of cold Chenin Blanc and when we think Chenin then in our view there is only one place to go, to the Beaumont family winery in Botrivier. [...]
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