Stellenbosch

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Sights and sounds from Simon’s Town, Somerset West, Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Hermanus and Cape Agulhas. (Part 2 of 6)

Baboon on road close to Stellenbosch near Cape Town, South Africa

Isochronous are playing at the KLEIN LIBERTAS THEATRE in Stellenbosch on the 21st of October, and at MERCURY LOUNGE in Cape Town 23rd October 2009. Come see a great show from a great band.

Gurjap loved the Cape’s world-famous wines, while Radha watched in amusement as he attempted to learn the art of wine tasting. Gurjap: “I don’t know about you, but I think tours can seem a bit impersonal, so when our journey took us to the Cape Winelands, we arranged a behind-the-scenes tour of a winery in Stellenbosch. Rickety Bridge Winery has a long history of winemaking in this area. The Cape Winelands remind me of the English countryside, so green and lush. Wynand, our guide, taught me the Three S’s of tasting: swirl, smell and then sip. When I spluttered after my first try Radha teased me. “It’s three S’s, Gurjap,” she laughed, “not four!” Fortunately, I’m a fast learner, but with wine this good who wouldn’t want more than just a little sip.”

Stuart Taylor is probably best known to South Africans as the presenter of SABC 3′s hit travel show, Going Nowhere Slowly. But when this Stellenbosch University science graduate is not in front of the camera with mud-powdered face and wind-styled hair, Taylor is enchanting local and international audiences with his headline, stand-up comedy and magic shows.

A visit to Cape Town next to the coast and to Stellenbosch in the Winelands, South Africa (1997)

During her visit to Ouma in South Africa, we recorded Susanna (now 12) playing with Ouma (82). We used the beautiful Stellenbosch winelands and Cape Dutch buildings as the backdrop for the recordings.

View the video clip and then go to www.satvchannel.com to access the full documentary….. The words of the first Governor of the Cape, Jan Van Riebeeck, when he planted his very first vines, echo down the years to us. “today, praise be to God, wine was made for the first time from Cape Grapes.” Since then the Cape’s wine industry has steadily grown in size and reputation so that Cape wines are sought after and savoured throughout the world, and each year hundreds of thousands of visitors pour into this region with its Mediterranean climate, to share in the Wine Route experience which stretches from the Constantine Valley behind Table Mountain to Stellenbosch in the Eersterivier Valley and over the Hellshoogte Mountains to Franschhoek or “French Corner”. A Tekweni TV Production

www.12234455.co.za – Stellenbosch Cape Winter South Africa