The Truffle Guru of South Africa A Truffle Gerfuffel! The Black Périgord Truffle is the legendary culinary black diamond of the kitchen – Tuber melanosporum – we have long read about in European magazines and associate it with the good life of champagne, caviar and a luxe lifestyle. Ah, the good life! Volker Miros, […]
FORMIDABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
Woman’s Day celebrates the formidable achievements of women. Today, it is fitting to feature enterprising and accomplished women in wine including a master distiller in an industry that has spanned centuries in the Cape, all of whom have triumphed in what was originally a definite male preserve. Remarkable Marlene Bester has been with Van Ryn’s […]
SKILLS EXCHANGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
The Skills Exchange Development Programme took place from 17th – 21st August, with an outstanding line-up of on-line guest speakers, chefs, bakers, sommeliers and concierges from Cape Cod, Napa Valley, Singapore, Dordogne and Boussac in France, London, Scotland and Ireland – players that oil the wheels of the grand hotels chatting on Zoom to our […]