Pic: Alvi’s Drift Wine shouldn’t be about a price point. Part marketing hype, part production expense, part controlled scarcity, pricing means that there are plenty of less-than-stellar wines out there that cost the earth but deliver as much as a wine that costs a two-thirds less. Similarly, some wines are massively expensive because they deliver. Similarly, your choice of wine […]
Remember the feeling of finally settling down in your window seat – the anticipation of the adventure that awaits at the other end of an intercontinental flight? The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated international border closures has robbed us of one of life’s great pleasures – travel for travel’s sake – but airlines are doing everything they can to help […]
Since the introduction of legislation in May 2019 that permitted the sale and distribution of low-dose Cannabidiol (CBD) products to the public, there’s been an explosion of CBD-laced products on the market. The makers claim all manner of benefits, from the relief of chronic pain to treatment of anxiety & depression, and from the alleviation of the symptoms associated with […]
While game lodge visitors lounge about in their luxury villas or sip G&T’s on sunset game drives, there’s plenty of hard work going on in the background to manage the reserve and help the animal population thrive. Many will never see the round-the-clock attention an injured cheetah needs in a dedicated boma or understand the logistical challenges of tracking, darting […]
The eye-watering amounts of money involved in football these days has inevitably shifted the game into new territory, with many football stars seeming to struggle to split their focus between the job they’re paid to do on the field, and the commercial opportunities outside it. With an entire career able to be decided by one vicious tackle or defined by […]
South Africa makes plenty of great wines, which deserve to stand alongside the ‘finest’ in the world. For whatever reason – perception, the relatively low cost driven by the weakness of the Rand against major currencies or something more ethereal – our wines often find themselves firmly in the ‘value’ category, rather than as serious international contenders alongside wines from […]
Former Test Kitchen sommelier Tinashe Nyamudoka is on a mission to make wines that everyone can connect with. Multi-awarded sommelier Tinashe Nyamudoka used the COVID-19 pandemic to make a fresh start, departing his role as Head Sommelier at The Test Kitchen and making the move to Johannesburg to focus on his own wine label, Kumusha. His formidable career in the […]
At its most basic, eating is a function essential to preserving life – and at its most extravagant, it’s a celebration of ingenuity, endeavour and even art. When humans come together, we dance, dine or sing – whether in celebration, worship or protest. Eating is one of humanity’s great communal, social activities and the option to gather at restaurants to […]
Social media has offered unprecedented opportunities for brands to generate ‘free’ marketing opportunities on platforms that allow for incredibly specific targeting. Franchises are a special marketing case, in that the reputational buck stops with the parent brand, while it’s the individual franchisee that’s usually public-facing – and therefore carrying the brand reputation, without carrying an accompanying proportion of the risk. […]
While the franchising system in South Africa continues to perform strongly in the face of a tricky economy with record unemployment levels, there’s also an increasing appetite for local brands to look beyond the country’s borders in the search for additional revenue. According to the Franchise Association of South Africa’s (FASA) 2018 Franchise Market Report, there are 865 franchise systems […]
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