Tag Archive 'Paardeberg'

Jul 25 2011

Paardeberg Steals the Crown from Out-of-Form Simonsberg

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Putting on a brave face - Rijk and Kim Melck from Simonsberg with judge Neil Pendock.

In a week-end of international tragedies, culinary travesty hit the Stellenbosch Wine Region when the Simonsberg ward lost its annual Potjiekos Competition against the Paardeberg. Simonsberg, an established community inhabited by award-winning winemakers and a number of foodie personalities, were well and truly beaten by a Paardeberg team who were better in all aspects of Potjiekos making. Continue Reading »

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May 12 2011

You’re Toast, and not Complaining

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South African masterpiece.

What do Marvin Shanken and Johann Rupert have in common? Besides having – as publisher of Wine Spectator and owner of L’Ormarins respectively – a bit of influence on the wine world, that is.

Well believe it or not, but both have a bit of a culinary soft-spot for the South African – and truly South African – item known as a braaibroodjie. Continue Reading »

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