Drive through the picturesque valleys of the Cape Winelands, uncovering the history, flavors, and charming towns that make this region a culinary gem.
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Three Centuries in Every Glass
This series, Sip and Savor: Exploring the Cape Winelands, traces the story of South African wine from its earliest roots to its modern renaissance.
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Where Cape Winemaking Took Root
The first wine produced in the Cape was pressed on February 2nd, 1659 — a date recorded in the journal of Jan van Riebeeck, the Dutch East India Company commander who…
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Stellenbosch Oak-Lined Streets and Gables
Stellenbosch has more Cape Dutch gabled buildings than any other town in South Africa — block after block of whitewashed facades with their distinctive curved and…
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Huguenot Refugees Built a Food Empire
In 1688, around two hundred French Huguenot families fled religious persecution after Louis the Fourteenth revoked the Edict of Nantes.
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Paarl Worcester Robertson Three Distinct Worlds
Paarl sits beneath a massive granite dome that the early Dutch settlers said gleamed like a pearl after rain — that's how the town got its name.
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Route 62 Winds Through Hidden Valleys
Route 62 stretches over 850 kilometers from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth, earning its reputation as the longest wine route on Earth. But it's more than vineyards.
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Cape Orchards Olive Groves and Cheese Caves
The Western Cape produces over sixty percent of South Africa's total agricultural exports, and much of that has nothing to do with grapes.
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