Franschhoek, is in a scenic valley around an hour from Cape Town in the heart of South Africa's wine country. When the Huguenots first settled in there over 300 years ago, they brought with them their ...

With a stroke of his royal quill in October 1685, King Louis XIV of France inadvertently set South Africa up to become one of winemaking’s centers of excellence. By signing the Edict of Fontainebleau, ...

One of the world’s most iconic music festivals is landing in the Cape Winelands this year, with the African debut of the ...

Africa may not be one of the places that people associate wine with but there is a tiny town on the world’s second largest continent that is slowly changing that. Some people who have visited have ...

Chef Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen has superstar status amongst South African and international foodies, as much for his Michelin-starred restaurant in Nice, France, as his genre-breaking Klein JAN ...

South Africa is not all soul-rattling African food, simmering collisions of historical immigrant food, nor flaming braai (the South African word for grilling). Oh, those things are enough to keep ME ...

Firefighters have declared that a blaze near Franschhoek is no longer a threat to the town or agricultural property, but sections in areas situated high in the mountains are still a problem, the Cape ...

With a stroke of his royal quill in October 1685, King Louis XIV of France inadvertently set South Africa up to become one of winemaking’s centers of excellence. By signing the Edict of Fontainebleau, ...