Perdeberg Wines is located close to the Paardeberg Mountain in the famous Paarl wine production zone. The winery’s name derives from the copious herds of Mountain Zebra that once roamed the foothills and that were mistaken for wild horses by the Dutch settlers. The winery was founded 1941, ...
wine has gone dry I give it its first sulfites. Sometimes the malolactic will kick in, but I’m not keen on malo. On average there’s 20-40% malolactic. It stays on its lees for 11 or 12 months in 500 litre barrels, with some amphora (two times 400 litre) and some s...
It advertises itself as a “five-star hotel on wheels” and charges accordingly: prices for 2009 start at R9,215 per person one-way (in low season in a “deluxe” double room) and rise to a whopping R18,405 (in high season in a “luxury” single room). The trip lasts 27 hours ...
No more than 1 litre (33 oz or 4 cups) in total of other alcoholic beverages per person General Always bring a hat, sunglasses and sunblock as the sun can be strong even in the winter months. Walking shoes are a good idea all year-round, with warm socks in the winter. ...
Mandatory components in any 4WD overlander’s arsenal include those that keep your engine happy. Sealed, the Ironman 4×4 Snorkel (West Coast Off-road Centre) does what any decent snorkel should; it raises the air intake taken from an elevated point preventing water and dust ingression. Guaran...
The first leg was planned at just over four hours so it made sense not to fill the tanks all the way. We filled the wing tanks but only half-filled the ferry tank just to prove it worked. What a pleasure to refuel at US 26 cents per litre! And they accepted my Air BP card so ...
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Our Morgan has a modern 110bhp 1.6-litre Ford engine and a previous-gen Mazda MX-5 five-speed gearbox but in every other way it’s about as mechanically similar to a new saloon as a Spitfire is to a 787. Take the windows. There are none. Instead, we find side screens that we uncl...