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Mother Earth in the Mother City

Slow Food Mother City’s ’soft launch’ at Kwalapa on 10 December was one of over 1000 events in 120 countries celebrating Slow Food’s Terra Madre (Mother Earth) Day. More than 50 people interested in Cape Town’s new convivium gathered under the huge New Zealand Christmas tree growing in the heart of Kwalapa, a new organic shop and café at the Montebello Centre in Newlands.

Guests feasted on breads by Paulo (of Quensh Organic Deli in Observatory), cheese by Dalewood, and wines by Avondale. Mother City Cape Town’s own Louise Johnson made an Italy-meets-South Africa caponata, substituting the traditional eggplant with our own traditional butternut — delicious! Dalewood’s amazing nutty Huguenot cheese was a hit (3kgs were swiftly dispatched by the crowd), and it looks like Avondale’s gorgeous naturally fermented chenin blanc will be on many Christmas lunch tables this year, judging from our guests’ approving comments.

Dax Villaneuva gave us an overview of Terra Madre Day and the tenets of Slow Food, and Michelle Matthews described a visit to Dalewood, where every cow is cared for and the cheeses are made by hand.

Producer Jonathan Grieve of Avondale in nearby Paarl spoke about his ‘bio-logic’ farming and wine-making approach and guests particularly enjoyed his description of Avondale’s snail-hoovering ducks, working their way methodically down the vineyards like so many little white tractors.

Read more: Visit Slow Food Mother City

Relax with a Dalewood cheeseboard

With Christmas fast approaching, the "swallows" (the English and German travelers who spend their winters in South Africa's summer) are returning from Europe in their "flocks" Stellenbosch is thriving, it's a great time to pop-into the Cellar for a wine tasting and a delicious Dalewood cheeseboard.

The Cape is the place to be for the festive season and the Winelands is a place one simply cannot afford to miss. The Tasting room has superb gifts and wine packs ... pop in and have a look if you are in the area.

Don't forget to keep up to date with all the latest events, awards, and photographs on our website, www.kenforresterwines.com. 

Greetings from all of us at Ken Forrester Wines! May you stay safe and enjoy a great glass of wine, or even better ... a bottle, at your dinner table tonight!

Remember - Benjamin Franklin said "Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance", in that case, we could all do with some great wine ...

This article was posted by Ken Forrester Wines originally. Check out their website here

Dalewood Fromage- Cheese or slice of rainbow?

Ths article was originally posted on jamiewhatshisname.blogspot.com you can read the original post here

Since I started this blog about 4 months ago I've been blown away by how many restaurants/bars/brand managers have contacted me basically looking for me to punt their venue or product. OBVIOUSLY it was all really tempting but that is the complete opposite of what I'm trying to do here. That would be like an anti-blog. Like a backwards blog. Like a golb.What I'm trying to do is to give you my honest opinion of all things food. What I like and what I don't.

The reason I'm telling you this is because I want to tell you a story about a package of delicious food goodies that Eat-In magazine delivered to me. The reason I accepted it was because I understood they weren't punting themselves. They were punting the amazing people who work so hard to produce the foods that they feature. It is very important to make this differentiation.