by kevinianallen | Dec 19, 2015 | Art, Business, design, Information, Inspiration, Positivity, Travel
The Banghoek (meaning “scary corner”) valley is located over the Hellshoogte pass and an area in which I will own an estate one day. The picture for this striated sky was taken on the Oldenburg wine estate (in the Banghoek Valley) looking up at the...
by kevinianallen | Nov 1, 2015 | Art, Educational, Information, Inspiration, Travel
Bot River is a small hamlet approximately 100km outside of Cape Town, on the N2, between Grabouw and Caledon. It is home to approximately 4000 people and 14 wineries on the Bot River Wine Route. Khoi herders called the area home, with the “Couga River”...
by kevinianallen | Aug 23, 2015 | Art, Travel
Back to Stellenbosch we go for this weeks Striated Sky. The building pictured; the Theological Seminary, 171 Dorp Street, Stellenbosch is another of the dozens of heritage buildings that are to be found in the picturesque university town. The current facade of the...
by kevinianallen | Feb 16, 2011 | Information, wine
As in Europe certain areas and farms have become renowned for the wine that they produce, for a long time this uniqueness was not protected. In 1972 legislation was formulated to introduce the Wine of Origin scheme. This scheme not only protests the origin but the...
by kevinianallen | Feb 12, 2011 | Information
Almost all wine produced in South Africa comes from grapes grown in the Western Cape Province although vineyards and wineries are spreading from the Cape to the rest of South Africa. It is thus important to start at the very beginning, the “discovery” of the Cape. The...
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