Taittinger

First 15 winners announced: 30 Days Of Give Aways

Ooh la la lots of lucky ladies!

1.) LE CREUSET: Ruth Norton

2.) PAPILLON BELLE: Anita Steenkamp

3.) ISSEY MIYAKE: Taryn Peters

4.) SKINNY LAMINX: Orla Hunter

5.) CREMA DESIGN: Jodi Leza

6.) CINNAMON SHOES: Chereen Gibson

7.) TAKE CARE:  Christelle  van Rooyn

8.) COCO LI: Joy Cordy

9A.) MINNETONKA: Jessica Fannin

9B.) ANGEL:Rochelle Barrish

10.) FREE RANGE JEWELS:

Eliza Czarnik – knot ring

Kerri Peake – peas in a pod

Dhesh Chetty – frog ring

Jean Dennis – leopard bangle

11.) BURBERRY BODY: Roxanne Chutthergoon

12.) YUPPIECHEF: Amy Mead

13.) LIM: Tanya Desai

14.) TAITTINGER: Ruline de Bruyn

15.) IDA  ELSJE: Carla Kretzel

 

E-mail me kim@kimgray to claim your prize ASAP!!! XX

* Winners drawn via random.org

Wine tasting via ipad

I love how Table Bay Hotel, steeped in tradition and old world charm, is embracing a young vibrant energy and enthusiasm! Drink a  hand crafted &Union Beer over rugby in the Union Bar (Girls did I mention, the delightful French Bubble that is Taittinger, is R99/glass & Graham Beck Brut, cause local is lekker, is R65) or – Select your wine for dinner on an Ipad! Because the The Table Bay is Cool like that! 🙂

http://www.sawineindex.com tells us more.

SAWi, a private initiative, which was initially established to research the field of wine judging and its pitfalls here and abroad, introduced a new wine quality index for South African wine.
SAWi is a system based on several new wine quality indicators and value points, developed to make more sense from having all the different results from various wine competitions. Wine ratings must become more useful and understandable for the average wine drinker.With current social media technology, taking up more of the hours of our day, tending to move information around more than ever, we now can have information at our fingertips, anywhere we find ourselves. What a super way to run our social lives. SAWi efforts are aimed at providing the wine consumer with information that is rich and much more meaningful, as SAWi foresees an entirely different experience for wine consumers in future.Given the long-term roadmap of SAWi, further content components have subsequently been developed to launch different products into various context touch-points, with the first having been the launch at Longridge Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, of South Africa’s own Digital Food & Wine Pairing Menu [Ipad] application for restaurants. Such applications are bound to change consumer behavior for good. For one, wine lists as we have come to know it should never be the same again.The SAWi iPad application, designed as a unique approach to display and pair food and wine, is a touch screen unit, presented to guests displaying the menu of the day and recommending wines according to the choice of food dish. The wine content, drawn from the SAWi database, is rich and includes data which is informative, innovative and new, being in line with the SAWi philosophy of engaging, informing and educating users of wine in a new way.Wine intensity should not fail to measure up to or overwhelm food. In ordering a relatively light or relatively more robust food dish one should be able to find wines featuring an intensity and weight appropriate to the food and savor its texture and flavor.Wine lists need to change and should be divided into lighter more delicate to richer more intense full body wines. We shouldn’t eat a whole meal with one kind of wine. We must start to promote wine per glass, to provide a different wine choice between Starters, Main dish and Desserts.SAWi aims to provide a new basis for people in making their wine choices with credible, relevant and comprehensive information that is quickly accessible and digestible. This will also create a one stop eco-system for wineries to enable them to reach a variety of market segments through one support portal.Some SAWi-F iPad features:

  • The software is configured to each individual restaurant with a number of options to consider.
  • The design will be an extension of the brand: including logos, colors, and imagery.
  • An efficient and robust CMS interface allows the elimination of printing and production costs for menus and special sheets, allowing updates and customization of menus and pricing.
  • The unique interface offers a true competitive advantage to a restaurant looking to attract new clientele.
  • Data reporting functions will provide detailed feedback to management to monitor what is selling and what wine guests are ordering most.
  • The application enhances the work of sommeliers, who in fact welcomes it.
  • The real value of using iPads by restaurants is to develop customer relationships. It’s about getting to know your customer in a way that you can’t get to know them from the waiter or waitress.
  • Printed food & wine pairing menus, with similar rich data, will still be available for those that are not so comfortable with technology.
  • Because the system functions completely independently of pre-existing software, integration is seamless.

While technology is becoming increasingly important to restaurants too, tabletop ordering devices only stand to multiply. Many imagine that this is something that won’t just be considered to be a discretionary behavior; it will become a necessary behavior. It is trusted that this development will encourage further interaction and talk about food and wine, to share with others and to clink a glass on that.

Want to try it out – why not experience it on Saturday as the Table Bay Hotel offers a 4 course dinner and wine tasting with up and coming South African Wine makers all for R295/head. Read more here.

I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date . . . high tea at the table bay hotel

Last week I had the divine opportunity to invite, a few fellow talented bloggers, to High Tea at The Table Bay Hotel as part of my Birthday Month of Celebrations.

I thought, this is my opportunity to spoil the girls, and so I organized goodie bags. (Oh how I love to organize)

Thanks to Old Khaki, Poetry, DKNY, Eye Slices, Tip Top Nails, Soy Lites and Anesi for being part of these pretty pamper packs.

The Table Bay is currently running a themed High Tea based on the Mad Hatters Tea Party. I really did feel like Alice amongst all the splendor. We were first treated to delicious savories like salmon and cream cheese samies and later delicious scones with lemon curd. Mmmm.

Then we got to savour these delicious sweets while doing a champagne tasting.(I had the lemon tart, out of this world!) Graham Beck, Krone and Taittinger where on the menu. All seriously delicious. We had a little lesson while we did the tasting that I found most fascinating. (Like the smaller the bubbles the better, that saved me the embarrassment of sending back a “flat” bottle)

We also got to learn the fine art of Sabrage, and then some of the ladies got to try it too.  All cameras where whipped out as lots of cheering began.

After a bit of an education, we got to natter and catch up while listening to the harp being played in the background. All round it was relaxed and decadent, true Table Bay Style.

Thanks to The Table Bay for hosting us! The High Tea is definitely a must, with the most incredible view of Table Mountain as you sip you tea, or champagne! x