BLESSED with an abundance of natural beauty and a diverse environment, Cape Town and its surrounding coastal regions have grown into a wine lover's paradise.
The lush African terroir, cool ocean breezes and large parcels of wine-growing appellations have enabled winemakers to cue their grapes to the soil, and produce all our favourite international styles.
I ALWAYS love the anticipation of visiting a new country and fought the urge to doze bought on by the 6am departure from Aberdeen. Our final descent into Budapest was over a flat, green land.
Bella Vie has been hailed as the delicious, partylicious, must-have drink for summer 2011.
Fancy a drink? Our drinks columnist Sam Wylie-Harris heads to the south of France and uncorks some Languedoc lovelies
