

A toast to South Africa's Old vines
South Africa's old vines bring a new dimension to our offering and an opportunity to learn more about viticulture.

What to do in the winelands this spring
Spring is a wonderful time to explore the cape winelands, here is my list of must do's for the season

La Petite Ferme- a Franschhoek classic
La Petite Ferme, is an excellent choice for dining on your private Franschhoek wine tour

Seasonal savings- Christmas just arrived early
October announced itself as the start of the tourism season, with many International travelers choosing to explore both the winelands and...

An edible landscape-the Cape Floral Kingdom
The Cape is home to one of the 6 floral kingdoms of the world, the Cape Floral Kingdom. It is the smallest of the floral kingdoms but 2nd...

A picture paints a thousand words
The last few months as we've headed into high-season at the Cape, have been super busy. Juggling my role as a new mom with running a...

BWT goes on maternity leave
I will be taking a break from touring from the 15th of Feb. As you can see I am expecting a baby boy on the 8th of March and it's time to...

Review-The home of Four Cousins
Yesterday, I was invited to the new home of Four Cousins, a state of the art facility set at the entrance to the town of Robertson, you...

Wine on the Breede River
This past weekend I headed to the Wine on the River festival, located on Goudmyn farm about 13km from the center of Robertson in the...

#Stellenblog 2016
On Monday night, I joined the Cape Etc magazine team (for whom I am a regular contributor) at the Stellenblog 2016 party in Stellenbosch....

Noordhoek Crush festival
As an ex-Noordhoek native, with a love of the Deep South, It took little more than a mention of a wine festival happening at the...

Wine Festival reviews
The Western Cape is wine festival heaven with an abundance of events hosted almost weekly in summer and monthly in the winter. All the...

Meet you Guide-Interview with U2 guide
Want to know more about Boutique Winery Tours and your wine guide, here is a recent interview I did for U2 guide, when I featured as...

Happy Pinotage day!
Today is Pinotage Day and there are Celebrations all round in the winelands. Stellenbosch have inaugurated their "Pinotage root"and...

Platter's wine guide
Platter's is now in it's 36th year as the "wine bible" of South African wines, my go to guide when planning a new itinerary and...















