Time for a short drive from central Cape Town to one of its legendary wineland regions. One of the many great things about the Western Cape is the stunning wine farms and the restaurants in the vicinity. Somerset West and its surrounds are particularly close to central Cape Town and offer a plentitude of magnificent […]
So for various reasons it’s been a little quiet on Eating Covent Garden. But don’t worry, that does mean I have much to tell you about and it’s going to be coming your way regularly over the next few weeks. I’m currently in the beautiful city of Cape Town where a little bit of my […]
Today I’m taking you into the Hemel en Aarde Valley for some wine tasting and a delightful lunch. On our way to our stay at The Stanford Valley Guest Farm (read more about that by clicking here), we paid a visit to the fabulously named Spookfontein. The farm, which is close to the coastal town […]
Today we’re heading north from Cape Town through the Hemel en Aarde valley (it means heaven and earth in Afrikaans) to the Overberg. It’s a relatively newly established wine region with the first farms being developed here in the 1980s. Less than a two-hour drive from the Mother City to another beautiful region of this […]
Today we headed for a long weekend in Paternoster, a beautiful seaside town on South Africa’s West Coast. And we had to drive past a turn off to a vineyard – and one which we have loved many bottles of wine from. So, you’ve guessed it, we couldn’t drive past. Instead we headed down the […]
I’m aware it’s all been very quiet on eatingcoventgarden.com recently. Apologies for that. After an unexpected extended stay in Cape Town because of surgery after breaking my ankle we returned to the UK last month. It was good to get home. And to be so much more mobile – the joy of being able to […]