by Leah van Deventer | Sep 28, 2018 | Portfolio
For a country that produces some 2.2 million tons of sugar per season, South Africa was slow in entering the rum game. Happily, South Africa’s rum revolution is now well under way, with micro distilleries fast multiplying. Deep South Produced in Kommetjie...
by Leah van Deventer | Aug 21, 2018 | Portfolio
Keen on learning how to mix a killer cocktail, talk wine like a pro or make your own liquor? We’ve rounded up six schools around the land where you can get educated. EBS Cape Town If you’re set on becoming a professional bartender, fast, then the immersion...
by Leah van Deventer | Jun 20, 2018 | Portfolio
A night on the town is always fun, but there’s nothing better than a house party, when you get to throw down in the comfort of your own (or someone else’s) home. While attending a house party means you get to avoid the messy aftermath, hosting one means you get to...
by Leah van Deventer | May 15, 2018 | Portfolio
World Whisky Day takes place on the third Saturday in May each year, which means it falls on 19 May in 2018. Here’s how you can celebrate before, after or on the actual day (or all three!). CAPE TOWN Wade Bales Wine & Malt Whisky Affair If you haven’t been to this...
by Leah van Deventer | Apr 25, 2018 | Portfolio
South African whisky isn’t all that, right? WRONG. Very, very wrong in fact, as Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky, water of life made right here in Mzanzi, just got named World’s Best Grain Whisky at the 2018 World Whiskies Awards. What’s more, Andy Watts, the creative...
