Tag Archive: #meetsouthafrica

August 20, 2015 / by natalie / #meetsouthafrica, Joburg, soweto, Travel, Wine

Sign me up for the Soweto Wine Revolution

A couple of weeks ago I got to travel to Soweto with Mariette, to meet up with the team from the Soweto Wine Festival, connect with the local creatives and changemakers and see what’s happening in the wine scene outside of Cape Town. My first time in Soweto So even though I grew up in Joburg, I have […]

July 31, 2015 / by natalie / #meetsouthafrica, Cape Town, Food & Wine, Food and wine, Stellenbosch

A guide to my favourite South African Chardonnays

I LOVE CHARDONNAY Ok, I love all wine. I love the smells and the flavours and the stories. I love visiting wine farms and learning about how the earth and the wind and the proximity to eucalyptus influence what we eventually pour into shiny wine glasses. I love meeting wine makers and hearing all about their […]

May 26, 2015 / by natalie / #meetsouthafrica, Durban, Personal, Travel

Finding African Perspective in Durban

Growing up in Johannesburg, I spent most of my childhood family holidays on the South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, where we had a holiday home in the small coastal town of Pennington. It’s common practise for Vaalie (a slang term used to describe people from the old Transvaal province, now known as Gauteng) families to […]

March 30, 2015 / by natalie / #franscHHoek, #meetsouthafrica, #visitStellenbosch

Roadtripping South Africa: A whistlestop tour with #meetsouthafrica

It’s only Monday morning and I am already exhausted. This time last week I was unpacking from an epic four days at Grootbos, frantically washing my laundry, responding to emails and catching up on work because I only had a few hours before I was off on my next adventure; to #MeetSouthAfrica with South African […]