STORIES FROM THE WINELANDS

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Here’s your handbook to keeping your kiddies happy whilst having wholesome family fun in Franschhoek where little ones can climb, create, explore, and laugh while parents sip and enjoy the region’s best wines in peace. From treehouse adventures and juice pairings to farmyard fun and picnic lawns, Franschhoek proves that wine country can be just as magical for kids as it is for grown-ups.

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Read our latest blogs and uncover new journeys, tastes, and places.

Local is lekker! Traditional South African Food

Like every cosmopolitan city in the world, Cape Town offers a wide array of restaurants – French, Italian, Greek, Indian, Thai, Mexican and more. However, our best restaurants are invariably those that celebrate what the Cape uniquely offers- our proximity to both sea and farmlands, which means the freshest of produce, and cooking traditions that are based on the use of spices, cooking with fire, pickling and preserving.

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A Taste of SA Heritage: Mosbolletjies with Babylonstoren

Mosbolletjies are a quintessential South African treat. Traditionally made with grape must (fermented grape juice) following the annual wine press, the sweet scent of mosbolletjies filling the air is a welcome announcement that the first grapes of “parstyd” in the Winelands are harvested. They’re soft, sweet and incredibly hard to resist! ⁠

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Tannie Evita’s Koeksister Recipe

One can hardly mention Darling without mentioning Evita Bezuidenhout, or Tannie Evita as she is affectionately known by South Africans. The former stateswoman owns the local railway station and has a whole boulevard in the quaint town named after her.

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