CAPE CULTURE AT CAPE GRACE

Cape Grace Reception

  Cape Culture manifests in many different forms and at Cape Grace it can be seen in the décor.  Furniture, walls, drapes and fabrics are used as canvases to tell the stories of the past. The 17th century period setting is authenticated through the rare collection of over 300 pieces of original antique furniture, ceramics and [...]

UNDER THE GRAPEVINE WITH ANTHONY HAMILTON RUSSELL

Hamilton Russell

It’s Wine and Dine season at Signal Restaurant and this month the spotlight falls on Anthony Hamilton Russell, owner of Hamilton Russell Vineyards. Have you always wanted to be a winemaker and did you start out as one? Although I have made wine, I am not our winemaker. Being Proprietor of a Wine Estate requires [...]

TOP 5 THEATRE SHOWS IN CAPE TOWN THIS MONTH

SHAKESPEARE'S RJ

Women are the flavour of the month and this is reflected in some of the high-energy shows around Cape Town this August: Stand-up Comedy: Women don’t do stand-up like men, they approach it with much more finesse, which is why ‘Cracks and the City’ Part 2 is going to rock your boat. At the Baxter [...]

THE ART OF TEA – VISIT TO NIGIRO

Nigiro Tea House

“You can’t have a shallow conversation over a cup of good quality tea,” says Mingwei. His business card is a sachet of one of his favourite teas and states that he is a Tea Merchant at Nigiro (inside Origin Coffee Roasting house) in De Waterkant. His staff give him much more reverence and call him [...]


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