Category Archives: wine

We’re on holiday for the next 12 days !

Posted on February 28, 2017 by momsmeanderings

Sooooo just as a last post until our return  … Nerine bowdeni in my garden .. Where are we going ?   Well, hubby and I are spending a few days in Ramsgate, Kwa Zulu Natal with cousins Barry, Gavin, Kathy and Sabrina … Continue reading →

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Picnic concert with Watershed at Warwick Wine Estate

Posted on December 11, 2016 by momsmeanderings

Ian, Kathy, hubby and I spent a lovely relaxing day out at Warwick Wine Estate in Stellenbosch on our last day in the Cape, enjoying a picnic with Warwick wines and listening to chilled music of a local South African band, … Continue reading →

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Wine tasting at Creation Wines, Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, Hermanus

Posted on November 29, 2016 by momsmeanderings

Along the now tarred R320 through the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley linking Hermanus to Caledon there are several wine estates, one of which is Creation.  I have been wanting to do a wine tasting there as I often buy Creation’s Syrah/Grenache blend … Continue reading →

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The best wine bottle opener at Raka Wine Estate

Posted on November 16, 2016 by momsmeanderings

Well ….. I like it anyway!   It’s easy to use and fits neatly in a drawer.  With a couple of twists of the foil cutter then screw the screwing thingie into the cork, lift cork out with ease and voilá … … Continue reading →

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Lunch at 96 Winery Road

Posted on April 5, 2016 by momsmeanderings

Hubby and I have been to 96 Winery Road  many times over the last 11 years my Mum has been in the Home in Somerset West, and not thinking, this time, I didn’t take decent photographs as I have taken … Continue reading →

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Lunch and wine tasting at Rust en Vrede

Posted on April 4, 2016 by momsmeanderings

After my Mum’s memorial, hubby, Ian, my cousin Barry and I went to Rust en Vrede in Stellenbosch for lunch and wine tasting.   Mum would have approved and, I am sure, she was with us in spirit.  She loved a … Continue reading →

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Reunion with my cousins in Somerset West

Posted on January 23, 2016 by momsmeanderings

My apologies for being a little quiet on my blog. Hubby and I returned a week ago, from six days in Somerset West, visiting my Mum and having the most amazing time reuniting with my cousins Barry and Gavin.   Unfortunately we only … Continue reading →

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Our family Christmas .. 2015

Posted on December 28, 2015 by momsmeanderings

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends, love and laughter .. good food and wine .. and lots of prezzies This was ours … Christmas Eve was spent under a full moon on Jeanette and Lance’s … Continue reading →

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‘The Wine Kingdom: Celebrating conservation in the Cape winelands’

Posted on October 4, 2015 by momsmeanderings

It’s a book.   It’s a beautiful book.   And my first published images are in this book 🙂 🙂 🙂 A short intro ….   In November last year, when hubby and I were visiting family in the Cape, we decided to do a … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday : 4 years ago – 23 July 2011

Posted on July 23, 2015 by momsmeanderings

It was fours years ago today, hubby and I were in Somerset West, for a few days.  It must have been a weekend.   My dear SIL Kathy had been diagnosed with breast cancer and was going through chemo, as a … Continue reading →

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