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CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL PINOTAGE DAY AT DURBANVILLE HILLS WINES Pinotage, the cultivar that is unique to South Africa, will be celebrated not only at Durbanville Hills Wines and many other South African wineries on International Pinotage Day, which this year falls on 10 October, but also elsewhere in the world to create awareness and to honour this noble varietal. This cultivar owes its existence to the legendary Prof Abraham Perold who in the 1920s out of curiosity, crossed Cinsaut (or Hermitage, as it was then known locally) with Pinot noir. The four seeds he obtained from the crossing he planted at his home on the Welgevallen experimental farm in Stellenbosch.  He soon forgot about his experiment. When Perold took up a new position at KWV in Paarl, the residence stood unoccupied for some time. During a clean-up of what had become an overgrown garden, a passing colleague who knew about the experiment, removed the rootstock just in time and so saved Pinotage for the ...

Six finalists chosen for Tsogo Sun Entrepreneur of the Year Award Six finalists have been selected from a pool of 131 entrepreneurs in Tsogo Sun’s entrepreneurial development programme to compete for the winner’s title in the Tsogo Sun Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The Tsogo Sun Entrepreneurs programme represents the next logical step in the evolution of Tsogo Sun’s commitment to the development of emerging enterprises.  The programme is an extension  of the group’s successful Book a Guesthouse programme and now comprises of 98 Book a Guesthouse owners, 23 Sun1 hotel operators, and 10 housekeepers, making it the only entrepreneurial development programme of its kind in the hospitality and tourism industry. The six finalists will go through a challenging training and selection process before the winner is crowned at the Tsogo Sun Entrepreneurs annual conference on 9 October at Southern Sun Pretoria, winning the title, prizes valued at more than R100...

STOKING THE COALS AT DURBANVILLE HILLS WINES THIS BRAAI DAY Not sure if you want to braai this Heritage Day? Join Durbanville Hills Wines for a mouth-watering gourmet treat to celebrate one of South Africa’s favourite holidays, national Heritage and Braai Day (24 September). Sit back and look out over Table Bay and its famous mountain while sipping on an award-winning wine. Head chef, Louisa Greeff, will prepare a delicious boerewors burger, with sautéed wild mushrooms and onions, crispy bacon and brie cheese, topped with a homemade tomato relish.  The boerewors burger comes with a glass of 2015 Durbanville Hills Sauvignon Blanc - all for R100. The tasting room will have a biltong and wine pairing available with a selection of five biltong varieties paired with five different Durbanville Hills wines, for R90 per person. Bring your friends and family to celebrate South Africa’s rich heritage and culture. Bookings are essential. Please contact the res...

Sedgwick's toasts all South Africans this Heritage DaY Toast the traditions that make South Africa and its people so incredibly unique this National Heritage Day (24 September) and share the warmth, the love and the moment with one of the country’s most iconic brands, Sedgwick’s Original Old Brown. Whether you are huddled around the braai with your closest friends, or hosting a festive family get-together, Sedgwick’s will certainly be great company. Add it as a dash to your salad dressing, marinade or sauce for your steak or serve it as a refreshing drink with lemonade or ginger ale over ice.  Captain James Sedgwick and his legacy of Sedgwick's Original Old Brown is imbedded in the heritage of South Africa. After braving the seas with his tea-trading clipper called Undine, he fell in love with South Africa and opened his very own tavern in Cape Town, known as The Captain's Room, in 1853. There he lured crowds with his tales of the high seas. His son...

30-YEAR-OLD BEACHFRONT HOTEL RESTORED TO FORMER GLORY Tsogo Sun’s nine seafront hotels and Suncoast entertainment destination carry the memories of hundreds of thousands of travellers and holiday makers across generations, and the group’s investment into the rejuvenation of this elegant, mature and ambitious city is seeing to it that Durban holds its own into the future.  The Durban beachfront remains a vital part of Tsogo Sun’s operations, contributing some 25% of its total EBITDA in an area stretching from Garden Court South Beach to the Suncoast Casino and Entertainment World at the northern end of the Golden Mile. “Over the last few years, we have invested significantly in refurbishing and upgrading our hotels on the beachfront in response to the outstanding work that the City of Durban undertook upgrading the promenade,” says Tsogo Sun CEO Marcel von Aulock. “We brought the Elangeni and Maharani hotels together to create the most exciting des...