Top 10 Must‑Try Franschhoek Wines in 2025 | Ultimate Wine Tasting Guide
Ah, Franschhoek — South Africa’s picturesque wine valley, where rolling vineyards nestle beneath dramatic mountain backdrops, and wine tasting is practically a national sport. Whether you’re a novice just dipping your toes into the wine world or a self-declared...
Franschhoek in Winter Why the Cape Winelands Are Even Better in the Cold
When people think of Franschhoek, they often picture sunny vineyard picnics, clinking glasses on lush lawns, and summer festivals under blue skies. But there’s a quieter, moodier version of this Cape Winelands gem that deserves your attention—and possibly your wool...
Winter Waltz in Franschhoek
It’s 2 June 2025, and winter has swept into Franschhoek like a gilded debutante, draped in golden sunshine and balmy breezes that ripple through the vineyards. The sky is a crystalline blue, save for a single wispy cloud that hovers like a bashful freshman refusing to...
The Curse of Fatherlessness – A Social Pandemic
Fatherlessness is a pandemic that is affecting the human race across the globe, regardless of race, culture, or community. This issue is prevalent in every generation, and it can be compared to Covid and the Spanish Flu combined in its impact. This is no germ. It is...
We Do Not Want Parking Management On The Main Road In Franschhoek
Franschhoek is a village, a tourist hot spot village. It has been a tourist hotspot village for at least 15 years now. It has always had a high flow of cars in and out of the village during this time, apart from 2020 and most of 2021. Furthermore, it has numerous...
Franschhoek Load Shedding! What Load Shedding?
And so it continues. The lights remain on. They should be off according to the stage 4 load shedding schedule, yet there they are burning bright. It is the third day, the silence continues along with the lights staying on when they should be off. Not a word of...
My Franschhoek Story – Coming Home!
The Dreams of the Afflicted I trudged through the avenues, my feet dragging along the slick pavement as shadows stretched and deepened around me. An insistent urgency gnawed at my insides, a desperate need for refuge before night fell completely. The sky churned with...
In response to the South African Weather Service warning about the Facebook Black South Easter post 5 May 2021
News24 feature a weather warning today the 5 May 2021, issued by South Africa’s venerable weather service, the SA Weather Service. You can read this on the News24 website -...
What’s On at Mont Rochelle Hotel in Franschhoek
January 2020. A new year calls for new discoveries... Treat your taste buds to something delicious With a passion for South African flavours and seasonal ingredients, our Executive Head Chef, Arek, has created a new selection of menus, inspired by the...
Franschhoek Literary Festival 17 to 19 May 2019
Its nearly time when book worms, book lovers, authors and readers all come to Franschhoek to celebrate their love for books. Literally, the Literary Festival is the most benign, well behaved and decent of all the festivals that are held in Franschhoek. There is no...
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