While South Africa’s tourist numbers are powering ahead in anticipation of the local summer, 23 wine stewards have been undergoing intensive training. Their next-level wine service and knowledge education, dubbed Grape to Glass, forms part of the major skills transfer initiative that underpins the 2023 Inter Hotel Challenge, now sponsored by HEINEKEN Beverages. The 23 […]
GRAPE TO GLASS ~ Distell Inter Hotel Challenge 2022
August, one of our winter months with cold crisp days in the Mother City of Cape Town, is quite an ideal time for our annual Distell Inter-Hotel Challenge Grape to Glass programme, which takes place in the winelands and held online for our Wine Stewards in both Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. During the programme they meet […]
UNIQUE BAIN’S CAPE MOUNTAIN WHISKY
South Africa’s first whisky produced from a single grain has become one of the world’s best grain whiskies and is crafted in the picturesque Bainskloof Mountains. The success of Bain’s comes down to one innovative man and his passion, Master Distiller Andy Watts. In 1991, Andy became the sixth manager of The James Sedgwick Distillery. […]