WordPress sent me an interesting breakdown of my Blog stats in the last year. Considering I only started in May. Thank WordPress-guys for giving me the tools to express my passions. Thank you fellow wine/food and music lovers for commenting. If you keep reading; I’ll keep writing! Cheers! Werner The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com [...]
Archive for the ‘Musings’ Category
2010 in review
Posted in Musings, tagged 2010 review on January 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Dear reader, when in Durban…
Posted in Food, Musings, tagged Bunny chow, Durban, Food, Good Food and Wine Show, history, Indian, People mover, SouthAfrica, wine on November 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I spent four days working at the Good Food and Wine Show in Durban. I am quite familiar with The Mercury Wine Week, and have visited Durban before, but have decided to see Durban as a Durbanite. Ground level, as one of the locals. Not as one of the tourists that lie on the beach day in [...]
Road Trippin’ in Cape Town
Posted in Musings, tagged AC/DC, Albert Frost, Blues, Cape Town, Cape Town University, Constantia, Cooler as ekke, Foo Fighters, Gerald Clark, Gugulethu, guide, Jack Parow, Khayelitsha, Langa, Long Street, Mooiberge, Mosterds Mill, Phil Collins, photo, road trip, Rock, Shawarma, Spit or Swallow, Strawberries, vuvuzela, wine, Zetler Farms on June 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I was supposed to be post a blog yesterday, but was tied down with some wine deliveries in Cape Town. So I thought that I might as well use this opportunity to do a photo blog! So I filled my travel mug with some fresh Mojo and planted my Ipod in my ears with AC/DC, Gerald Clark, Foo Fighters and [...]
Beer! Beer! Beer!
Posted in Musings, tagged Beer, Birkenhead, blind tasting, Jack Black, Mitchell's, Nebbiolo Nymph, Primi Piatti on June 3, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Over the past couple of beers years, the Nymph and I became very well acquainted with Jack Black Beer. It was served on tap at the local watering hole, The Elephant and Barrel Pub, in the Food and Wine Capital of South Africa, Franschhoek. After having similar micro-brewed offerings via Dieu Donne Winery/Restaurant cum Microbrewery and the late Birkenhead Beer on tap at Primi [...]
Beer, Wine and Primi
Posted in Musings, tagged Beer, Birkenhead, blind tasting, Bulls, Chenin Blanc, Pizza, Primi Piatti, Rugby, Stormers, Tukulu on May 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Over the weekend we had to entertain eight wine bloggers, who arrived for lunch and a wine tasting at the farm on which I work. I wished that I could sit in at the conversation and see what I can learn from these seasoned bloggers who have already established a good following of readers. Alas, I was busy [...]
