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Durbanville Hills converts winery for food relief
With hunger escalating in the country due to Covid-19 lockdown and economic downturn, Durbanville Hills has partnered with SA Harvest and MES (Mould Empower Serve) in expanding food drives in Cape Town.
The cellar has adapted their operations to offer a distribution location for food to be delivered weekly and repackaged to service the dire need in the Durbanville, Dunoon, Mamre, Bothasig and Tableview areas.
SA Harvest currently provides food to over 30 beneficiary organisations in Johannesburg and Cape Town, feeding on average around 6 000 individuals daily with over 100 000 meals prepared per week by different local NPOs. MES offers housing to the 297 homeless individuals since lock down started, and distributed more than 3000 food parcels and served 148 000 meals.The food delivered to the cellar will see Durbanville Hills staff sorting and allocating food baskets to local beneficiary organisations. Full story here
Entries are open for the 2020 Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards
Entries for this year’s edition of the Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards opened on Monday, 1 June 2020.
While this year has been a tumultuous one for the South African wine and spirits industry, the team behind the awards is determined to continue its 23-year old tradition of providing producers with the opportunity to have their wines adjudicated locally by a highly experienced and respected panel of professionals from around the globe.
This year, for the first time, the competition is inclusive of RTD (ready-to-drinks) in addition to the traditional wine and spirits categories.
Founder Lorraine Immelmann says:
Since the inception of the awards, we have not only sought to discover incredible wines and spirits, but to support local producers – something which is needed now more than ever. In line with this, we will be doubling our efforts to grow producers’ sales and brand recognition in order to help prevent their financial closure.”
We are proud to have been able to provide the largest market support over the last 23 years and will continue to do so, both now and in the future,” adds Mynard Slabbert, co-owner and head of business development. “We remain dedicated to increasing sales, marketing and reach for our participants. Through our strategic partnerships with sponsors in various industries, we will carry on stimulating new sales channels and building producers’ brands.”
Full story here
Our three amazing shows this week…
About The Winelands welcomes Siwela Sweetness Masoga, Founder and Owner of Siwela Wines, a Proudly South African Black owned wine producer established in the Western Cape. Siwela aims to inspire young South Africans to become active role players in the wine industry.
Siwela Wines is a Proudly South African Black owned wine producer established in the Western Cape. Our exclusive range of premium quality wines are produced to encourage our wine enthusiasts to embrace our beautifully rooted African culture, Heritage and originality through each sip of Siwela wine of choice. READ MORE HERE
SIWELA WINES, a taste of COURAGE
ABOUT THE WINELANDS welcomes Abigail Bisogno, Founder and Co-Owner of The Spice Route Destination together with her brother, Charles Back of Fairview Wine and Cheese. A modern day Spice Route and a sensory feast for today’s connoisseurs of craftsmanship and authenticity, located in Suider Paarl, South Africa.
With a joint venture of the Back siblings, Abigail Bisogno and Charles Back, a modern day Spice Route in Paarl was created, and developed into a place for visitors to explore. Eat, Taste, Shop and Discover the artisans who were invited to join the Spice Route Destination. Celebrating Cape culture, family friendly, wide open spaces, and so much more to offer. READ MORE HERE
THE SPICE ROUTE DESTINATION, Connoisseurs of Craftmanship and Authenticity
ABOUT THE WINELANDS welcomes Justin Gous from Justin Uncorked. Justin is a wine, spirits and lifestyle blogger based in Cape Town, South Africa, an advocate of the South African wine and spirit industry.
Justin Uncorked was started to share his “uncorking” journey with Wine and Spirits lovers across the globe. Justin’s passion for the wine and spirit industry started back in 2009 when he worked for the SA Wine Industry and Information Systems company. He has also since worked at various well known wine estates and producers in Franschhoek, Constantia and Stellenbosch. READ MORE HERE
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THE SEXY SAUVIGNON
Already causing a fabulous riot among the fickle and exacting ladies who lunch. Easy, bourgeois drinking and bursting with ripe fruits on the nose but delightfully dry on the palate, its lingering tease would get lesser wines arrested for loitering. Sublime with salads and seafood. ORDER HERE
MAGICAL SUGGESTION: SERVE IN A CRYSTAL GLASS. SWIRL CLOCKWISE THREE TIMES. UNDER A FULL MOON, WISH.
THE DARK HARVEST
A pure, Stellenbosch bushvine Merlot. Mellowed from years held captive under the silent spell of French Oak and a Merlot magician’s arcane work of will. A viticult grimoire, it invokes light purples of plum and juicy cherry, with soft spice and smoky wisps of French smoke. Desires candles. And fire. ORDER HERE
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