Posted in Food and Dine, Wine, Women on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Healthy eating choices to get you through the season.
Red or White Wine?
The Better Choice: Red Wine
For that you can thank the skin of the grape. “That’s where the antioxidant resveratrol is found,” says Ann Yelmokas McDermott, Ph.D., a nutrition researcher at Tufts University, in Boston. Resveratrol, a phytochemical with a structure similar to estrogen’s, has [...]
Posted in Women on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The holiday looms, and so does Christmas. All you want to do is chill out after what’s been a hard year. But that’s not always the easiest thing to do – you know the bit about life being “the thing that happens while you’re making other plans”.
For some, chilling out may mean booking a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Uncategorized on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This time of year is not called “silly season” for nothing! December arrives and with it comes extended traffic jams, queues and congestion.
This is a time for sharing. Involve your family and friends in all festive preparations. Here are some ideas to help lighten your load.
• As a family set a theme or colour [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Telegraph Travel Awards for 2008 were released today and New Zealand, Australia and South Africa were voted the readers’ “favourite destinations on earth”; while their favourite cities were voted as Cape Town, San Francisco, Sydney and Vancouver.
The Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town was named one of the favourite city hotels in the world [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a dilemma amongst many of us. There are times we want to drink wine but couldn’t finish a bottle alone.
Or when we are with a date who is not much of a wine drinker, we will end up with leftover wine, which of course we do not want to just throw away. Wine [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Contrary to what you may expect, most wines today are made for consumption while they are still young (within a year or two of the vintage on the label) and will not improve much over time.
With red wines, you can generally bank on an older vintage having more complexity and smoothness than a younger vintage, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Summer celebrations usually conjure up thoughts of sweet treats and some bubbly. Here’s an easy, delicious dessert which incorporates the best of both these elements. You’re bound to receive a barrage of compliments from your guests!
Ingredients
- 200g digestive biscuits
- 90g butter, melted
Filling
- 15ml gelatine
- 60ml water
- 500g cream cheese
- 85ml castor sugar
- Finely grated rind [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The wines from the company of wine people’s stable have been chosen to be served on one of the world’s largest airlines, namely British Airways
The Thandi Chardonnay 2006 was chosen for the British Airways Comair Club Class while the immensely popular Arniston Bay Chenin Blanc Chardonnay 2008 was chosen for the Traveller Class.
Executive director of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wines from Old World countries like France, Italy and Spain and New World wines from California seem to always garner most of the experts’ accolades. The majority absolutely deserve these high ratings, but there are many outstanding wines from other parts of the New World.
South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina and Chile are producing fabulous [...]
