Saturday evening dawned like any other day in Cape Town, pretty awesome. But, things were about to get better! 8 fortunate and discerning Guests at the Roundhouse Restaurant were about to dine out in style, with complimentary Bordeaux wines. I cancelled... 

A word from Regular Harry! Regular Harry, wine write extraordinaire and recently voted FHM’s hottest pen, gives us his take on the incredible De Toren component tasting. Being a fan of deconstruction, an Under the Influence tasting was a fitting... 

It was a privilege and an honour to be serving the wines of Eben Sadie at the latest Under the Influence tasting last night. Another honour was to have the pen of Regular Harry (Harry Haddon), South Africa’s quickly up and coming wine writer, please... 

Allister goes through a sunset tasting of the complex and delicious Lismore Sauvignon Blanc from Greyton.  

Such good news for everyone that loves wine and food, the charismatic wine drinker and wine maker Jean Vincent Ridon has announced the launch of the new Signal Hill winery in town. Awesome. Reuniting the city of Cape Town with its glorious past of growing... 

Friday evening saw a secret location in Stellenbosch being filled by a secret group of wine drinkers to consume the following wines: All I can say is WOW!  

Yesterday evening we had the privilege, nay, the honour, of hosting a tasting of bottle aged wines. We are all used to drinking wines packed with primary fruit and secondary oak flavours but the elusive tertiary flavours and aromas can only be found from... 

April fools day kicked off with us announcing a collaboration with Lexus where Guests to our tastings would get Chauffeur driven in style for no additional charge. Well, it turned out to be true! Here is a month in pictures! Put your foot down Jeeves,... 

Yesterday evening saw a wonderful gathering of wine enthusiasts at Campbell House in Johannesburg. Guests arrived, some Chauffeur driven by Lexus, and were soon in the midst of a selection of great Cabernet Sauvignons from South Africa. The topic of the... 

The Under the Influence of Italy tasting at the Roundhouse was a great evening and we had none other than the esteemed palate and unflappable penmanship of wine writer Harry Haddon to record proceedings. See more from Harry at his blog. Over to Harry… Winter’s...