Chocolate contains more than 600 flavour compounds, making it surprisingly complex and intriguingly addictive. A self-guided chocolate tasting with the DV Chocolate Taster Pack introduces you to an amazing world of authentic dark chocolate – a world away from the sweet sickly chocolate on the supermarket shelf. It’s a brilliant thing to do around a [...]
Wuthering Heights: An updated version of British novelist Emily Bronte’s classic romance is a tale of star-crossed lovers and forbidden love. Yorkshire landowner Mr. Earnshaw (Paul Hilton) brings a West Indian boy (Solomon Glave) to earn his keep working on the family farm, naming him Heathcliff. While Heathcliff is regarded with deep suspicion by Earnshaw’s [...]
There are so many diverse things to do in and around Cape Town this month that it pays to think ahead. Here’s what you have to look forward to: 7-10 June Wacky Wine Weekend in the Robertson valley 8 June Roxette 13 June -10 July Vodacom Funny Festival at the Baxter 15 June Old Mutual Trophy wine [...]
The 5th of June is the most widely celebrated global day for positive environmental action and everyone can play their part, however small. This day seeks to involve every person, everywhere. It’s a personal call for you to become an agent for change and how you do that is up to you; plant a tree [...]
Not being a great fan of biographies, researching these recent biographies on Good Reads has fundamentally changed my mind and I can’t wait to get stuck into this eclectic mix of personalities – do tell us your favourite biographies…….. Cleopatra – A life by Stacy Schiff This Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most [...]
Ever wonder how to find those wonderful places in Cape Town? Who better to ask than our Chauffeurs at Cape Grace who know Cape Town inside out. When you’re relaxing, the last thing you should have to worry about is getting around our beautiful city & searching for interesting places to go. From something [...]
Robertson Valley isn’t as sleepy as we think as this town and surrounding areas seem to have more fun than most other wine regions, with festivals one after the other throughout the year. This time it’s the Wacky Wine Weekend (7-10 June) and you might just have time to pick up some last minute accommodation [...]
We think these photos perfectly sum up the change in season and properly reflect how nature, food and fashion work in harmony.
Each month we highlight an artist or organisation who supplies the Cape Grace shop with desirable design items. This month we feature Keri Muller, whose exquisite work with paper is better seen than described. Artists sometimes find their creative outlet with a bit of life experience under their belt and this is exactly what happened [...]
Celebrity chefs are arriving by the day and joining us for the Good Food and Wine Show. If you don’t get to see all the cooking shows on TV, here’s who they are: Buddy Valastro, aka the Cake Boss, is a household name for those that watch his TV series on the TLC channel. He [...]