by Ari Heavner | Mar 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
One of the most useful and important cooking methods in the world is grilling. Different places and cultures have their unique ways of roasting food over fire, one of our favorites is the braai from South Africa. A braai is a large grill made of brick or concrete...
by Ari Heavner | Feb 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
For our last installment of our Capetown Idle Cellars wine dinner series things got real fancy. The night started off with a bottle of the Steenberg “methode cap classique” sparkling Chardonnay. After a few bottles we moved onto the first course; an...
by Ari Heavner | Feb 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
There are only 15 cases left of the 2009 Idle Cellars Chardonnay. This was the first white wine we made at Idle Cellars, going big making around 200 cases. We fermented it in barrel using three different kinds of yeast to maximize flavor. It was aged in French oak...
by Ari Heavner | Feb 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
After dining out for a few weeks enjoying some of Capetown’s best restaurants (Test Kitchen and La Boheme), we felt it was time to throw another dinner party, thinking that seafood would be a great theme. We took a trip to the local fish market in Woodstock...
by Ari Heavner | Jan 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Last night we had the pleasure of dinning with a great Capetown chef at his home and sampled some Western Cape wine pairings. We started our night with a bottle of Pongracz sparkling wine made in the French style of Champagne. I was shucking scallops drinking in the...
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