Comments for Cape Town Wine http://capetownwineblog.com A blog about South African wine news, awards & events Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:37:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Retracting “Best pizza and wine list in the far south” by Massimo http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/07/retracting-best-pizza-and-wine-list-in-the-far-south/#comment-1613 Massimo Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:37:10 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=1968#comment-1613 hi all, i'm Massimo of the Pizza Club. thank all for mentioning my pizzas and my limoncello. we are back from a long holiday in europe (8 days in sicily.. we got a few new sicilian recipes!) we will reopen, hopefully in Hout Bay, in Spring. while we wait we might continue to sell our liquor at the market in Tokai. just today i have started experimenting with some new liquor: orange & honey, cinnamon, espresso liquor. ciao massimo hi all,
i’m Massimo of the Pizza Club.

thank all for mentioning my pizzas and my limoncello.
we are back from a long holiday in europe (8 days in sicily.. we got a few new sicilian recipes!)
we will reopen, hopefully in Hout Bay, in Spring.
while we wait we might continue to sell our liquor at the market in Tokai.

just today i have started experimenting with some new liquor: orange & honey, cinnamon, espresso liquor.

ciao
massimo

]]> Comment on Vendors take issue with Fairhills sponsorship by admin http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/07/vendors-take-issue-with-fairhills-sponsorship/#comment-1607 admin Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:03:17 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=2008#comment-1607 Thanks for pointing this out. It wasn't that clear in the article I read. Good luck with a fantastic initiative. Best, Glenda Thanks for pointing this out. It wasn’t that clear in the article I read.
Good luck with a fantastic initiative.

Best,

Glenda

]]> Comment on Vendors take issue with Fairhills sponsorship by worldoffairhills http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/07/vendors-take-issue-with-fairhills-sponsorship/#comment-1606 worldoffairhills Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:48:03 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=2008#comment-1606 Hi Thanks for your interest. Just a note, the treatment center will be opened at the Fairhills Project itself in South Africa, not in the UK. For me info on the project, please visit our blog. http://worldoffairhills.wordpress.com/. All the best Hi
Thanks for your interest. Just a note, the treatment center will be opened at the Fairhills Project itself in South Africa, not in the UK. For me info on the project, please visit our blog. http://worldoffairhills.wordpress.com/.
All the best

]]> Comment on Vendors take issue with Fairhills sponsorship by Glenda van Blerk http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/07/vendors-take-issue-with-fairhills-sponsorship/#comment-1582 Glenda van Blerk Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:09:39 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=2008#comment-1582 Thanks for your interest. Be sure to visit again soon. Cheers Thanks for your interest. Be sure to visit again soon.
Cheers

]]> Comment on Vendors take issue with Fairhills sponsorship by Rachel http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/07/vendors-take-issue-with-fairhills-sponsorship/#comment-1574 Rachel Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:49:56 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=2008#comment-1574 Very interesting topic, and made more so for your presentation of many different viewpoints. Well done ! Very interesting topic, and made more so for your presentation of many different viewpoints. Well done !

]]> Comment on Retracting “Best pizza and wine list in the far south” by Cathy http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/07/retracting-best-pizza-and-wine-list-in-the-far-south/#comment-1572 Cathy Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:37:01 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=1968#comment-1572 Follow him on twitter - @pizza_club. His name is Massimo and his wife is Tracy and they are great people. Can't wait for them to reopen - check my visit here - http://blogs.food24.com/cathymarston/in-the-club Follow him on twitter – @pizza_club. His name is Massimo and his wife is Tracy and they are great people. Can’t wait for them to reopen – check my visit here – http://blogs.food24.com/cathymarston/in-the-club

]]> Comment on Retracting “Best pizza and wine list in the far south” by Glenda van Blerk http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/07/retracting-best-pizza-and-wine-list-in-the-far-south/#comment-1570 Glenda van Blerk Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:31:31 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=1968#comment-1570 Thanks Cathy. Quality is what we crave! If there are some Italian wines to wash it down with, all the better. Lets all keep our ears to the ground and whoever hears first when, where and how this pizza guy fires up his oven again, please spread the word. Anyone know his name? Ciao ciao Thanks Cathy.
Quality is what we crave! If there are some Italian wines to wash it down with, all the better.
Lets all keep our ears to the ground and whoever hears first when, where and how this pizza guy fires up his oven again, please spread the word. Anyone know his name?
Ciao ciao

]]> Comment on Retracting “Best pizza and wine list in the far south” by Cathy http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/07/retracting-best-pizza-and-wine-list-in-the-far-south/#comment-1569 Cathy Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:07:37 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=1968#comment-1569 Hi Glenda and Josie, The pizza place you mention in Hout Bay was Massimo's Pizza Club but it has now moved - problems with the Scarecrows folk apparently, At the moment, he isn't confirming where his new premises will be (although it will still be Hout Bay) and as he is on holiday, nothing is going to happen until September. But when he does open up - rush there with all haste. These are the best pizzas you will find outside Italy - as long as you prefer quality to quantity, If you like the normal, SA gloopfest of cheese, cheap stuff piled high and more cheese, then they won't suit. But if you like crisp bases, gorgeous tomato sauce and excellent quality toppings, then you'll be happy! Ciao Hi Glenda and Josie, The pizza place you mention in Hout Bay was Massimo’s Pizza Club but it has now moved – problems with the Scarecrows folk apparently, At the moment, he isn’t confirming where his new premises will be (although it will still be Hout Bay) and as he is on holiday, nothing is going to happen until September. But when he does open up – rush there with all haste. These are the best pizzas you will find outside Italy – as long as you prefer quality to quantity, If you like the normal, SA gloopfest of cheese, cheap stuff piled high and more cheese, then they won’t suit. But if you like crisp bases, gorgeous tomato sauce and excellent quality toppings, then you’ll be happy! Ciao

]]> Comment on Retracting “Best pizza and wine list in the far south” by Glenda van Blerk http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/07/retracting-best-pizza-and-wine-list-in-the-far-south/#comment-1546 Glenda van Blerk Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:38:21 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=1968#comment-1546 Hi Josie, Thanks a ton for your input. Sorry that you also wasted money and an evening. When you google La Piccola Tokai, my posts are third from the top of the first page so hopefully will be widely read! We also have a good time at Sorrento and plan to go back armed with the camera and do a full review. That place in Hout Bay sounds worth investigating. I must get to the Earth Food Fair. Crazy about limoncello. Great idea.! Hi Josie,
Thanks a ton for your input. Sorry that you also wasted money and an evening. When you google La Piccola Tokai, my posts are third from the top of the first page so hopefully will be widely read!
We also have a good time at Sorrento and plan to go back armed with the camera and do a full review.
That place in Hout Bay sounds worth investigating. I must get to the Earth Food Fair. Crazy about limoncello. Great idea.!

]]> Comment on Retracting “Best pizza and wine list in the far south” by Josie Lewis http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/07/retracting-best-pizza-and-wine-list-in-the-far-south/#comment-1545 Josie Lewis Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:11:20 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=1968#comment-1545 Hello, me again. Just remembered another pizza dive that has been recommended, although I have not tried it. It is in Hout Bay, near the Scare Crows, where the little Spa is on your left as you approach HB. It is another cafe during the day and morphs into a pizza place with another proprietor at night. It came highly recommended by a Parisian colleague of mine, who is a real foodie. The pizza dude makes his own limoncello and an Italian chocolate liquer, both of which I tasted at the Earth Food Fair in Lakeside (on the same site as Builders' Warehouse) on Saturday mornings. Both were knock out - if his pizzas are as good, I'd say it was worth going out of the way for. Hello, me again. Just remembered another pizza dive that has been recommended, although I have not tried it. It is in Hout Bay, near the Scare Crows, where the little Spa is on your left as you approach HB. It is another cafe during the day and morphs into a pizza place with another proprietor at night. It came highly recommended by a Parisian colleague of mine, who is a real foodie. The pizza dude makes his own limoncello and an Italian chocolate liquer, both of which I tasted at the Earth Food Fair in Lakeside (on the same site as Builders’ Warehouse) on Saturday mornings. Both were knock out – if his pizzas are as good, I’d say it was worth going out of the way for.

]]> Comment on Retracting “Best pizza and wine list in the far south” by Josie Lewis http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/07/retracting-best-pizza-and-wine-list-in-the-far-south/#comment-1544 Josie Lewis Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:05:32 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=1968#comment-1544 We popped into La Piccola a couple of nights ago and had a very similar experience only worse. On entering, we immediately saw that the restaurant must have changed hands and the menu had become the ubiquitous High St. pizzeria one. After and hour and a quarter, we realised that not only had our pizzas not arrived but the people on the next table, who arrived long after us, were tucking into their food. Also people had been arriving and leaving with takeaways. I went to the same disinterested man, behind the bar and informed him of our wati, to be casually told that there had been a mix up in the kitchen, and that our pizzas had been sent out as takeaways. You would have thought that he could have had the initiative to come to inform us and apologise. We were offered a free glass of wine by way of compensation. When the pizzas arrived, they had clearly been hanging around for a few minutes: the mozzarella had stiffened up and looked over cooked; my daughter got something she didn't order. Very average: bacon replaces pancetta, stale and dried out Parmesan on the table. We did leave a tip as the waitress had been very pleasant but as we left, Mr. NewOwner Man was sitting behind the bar, watching the television and feeding himself. Not only were we not greeted on arrival, our departure also went un-noticed, despite our disappointing evening. He deserves to go under. In the meantime, we quite like Sorrento in Westlake Business Park. We popped into La Piccola a couple of nights ago and had a very similar experience only worse. On entering, we immediately saw that the restaurant must have changed hands and the menu had become the ubiquitous High St. pizzeria one. After and hour and a quarter, we realised that not only had our pizzas not arrived but the people on the next table, who arrived long after us, were tucking into their food. Also people had been arriving and leaving with takeaways. I went to the same disinterested man, behind the bar and informed him of our wati, to be casually told that there had been a mix up in the kitchen, and that our pizzas had been sent out as takeaways. You would have thought that he could have had the initiative to come to inform us and apologise. We were offered a free glass of wine by way of compensation. When the pizzas arrived, they had clearly been hanging around for a few minutes: the mozzarella had stiffened up and looked over cooked; my daughter got something she didn’t order. Very average: bacon replaces pancetta, stale and dried out Parmesan on the table. We did leave a tip as the waitress had been very pleasant but as we left, Mr. NewOwner Man was sitting behind the bar, watching the television and feeding himself. Not only were we not greeted on arrival, our departure also went un-noticed, despite our disappointing evening. He deserves to go under. In the meantime, we quite like Sorrento in Westlake Business Park.

]]> Comment on Celebrating Fairview’s La Capra wine range by free xbox 360 slim http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/06/celebrating-fairviews-la-capra-wine-range/#comment-1540 free xbox 360 slim Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:15:00 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=1961#comment-1540 Thank you for your article! I still view these TV shows to date, and I never get tired with them, great shows. Thank you for your article! I still view these TV shows to date, and I never get tired with them, great shows.

]]> Comment on At least the French can still make good wine by Glenda van Blerk http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/07/at-least-the-french-can-still-make-good-wine/#comment-1539 Glenda van Blerk Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:33:04 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=2000#comment-1539 Thats amazing! I can drink this stuff every day. I'll see if Checkers still have stock. Thanks for the info. Thats amazing! I can drink this stuff every day. I’ll see if Checkers still have stock. Thanks for the info.

]]> Comment on At least the French can still make good wine by Cathy http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/07/at-least-the-french-can-still-make-good-wine/#comment-1538 Cathy Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:53:58 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=2000#comment-1538 Sounds delicious Glenda!! You might like to know that I found some Bordeaux red in Checkers the other day for under R50!!! No idea if it is still there - Chateau Haut Blaignan @ R44.99. Was really nice too! Sounds delicious Glenda!! You might like to know that I found some Bordeaux red in Checkers the other day for under R50!!! No idea if it is still there – Chateau Haut Blaignan @ R44.99. Was really nice too!

]]> Comment on Franschhoek Bastille Festival 2010 17th and 18th July by Rachel http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/07/franschhoek-bastille-festival-2010/#comment-1526 Rachel Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:53:47 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=1990#comment-1526 This is so useful, great of you to provide the accommodation options and programme details too, makes it much easier having all the information in one place. Thanks :-) This is so useful, great of you to provide the accommodation options and programme details too, makes it much easier having all the information in one place. Thanks :-)

]]> Comment on A Winning Goal for Nederburg by British Independant Newspaper profile of Tariro Masayiti | Cape Town Wine http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/06/a-winning-goal-for-nederburg/#comment-1509 British Independant Newspaper profile of Tariro Masayiti | Cape Town Wine Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:41:06 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=1948#comment-1509 [...] recently sampled a range of his wines including the 2010 FIFA World Cup Sauvignon Blanc 2009 and found all of them to be of exceptional [...] [...] recently sampled a range of his wines including the 2010 FIFA World Cup Sauvignon Blanc 2009 and found all of them to be of exceptional [...]

]]> Comment on Best pizza and wine list in Cape Town’s far south by Retracting “Best pizza and wine list in the far south” | Cape Town Wine http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/03/best-pizza-wine-list-cape-towns-far-south/#comment-1498 Retracting “Best pizza and wine list in the far south” | Cape Town Wine Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:39:25 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=1637#comment-1498 [...] La Piccola has been sold by Oliver Jacobs and has lost all the charm that it had when Ollie was [...] [...] La Piccola has been sold by Oliver Jacobs and has lost all the charm that it had when Ollie was [...]

]]> Comment on Celebrating Fairview’s La Capra wine range by Glenda van Blerk http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/06/celebrating-fairviews-la-capra-wine-range/#comment-1497 Glenda van Blerk Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:42:15 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=1961#comment-1497 Hi Eric, Thanks for the info. Cheers, Glenda Hi Eric,

Thanks for the info.

Cheers,

Glenda

]]> Comment on Celebrating Fairview’s La Capra wine range by Eric Hatz http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/06/celebrating-fairviews-la-capra-wine-range/#comment-1495 Eric Hatz Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:33:09 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=1961#comment-1495 Hi, Listed in Western Cape Pick n Pay Stores only . You need to specify as per the article . Regards Eric Hi,
Listed in Western Cape Pick n Pay Stores only .
You need to specify as per the article .

Regards

Eric

]]> Comment on Bruce Jack’s Viognier voted Best White Wine Overall at Trophy Wine Show by CWGWine showcase | Cape Town Wine http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/05/bruce-jacks-viognier-voted-best-white-wine-overall-at-trophy-wine-show/#comment-1493 CWGWine showcase | Cape Town Wine Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:54:11 +0000 http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=1842#comment-1493 [...] as I was by Bruce Jack’s CWG Flagstone Love Handles 2004 gives me reason to get enthused about the upcoming Nederburg Cape Winemakers’ Guild Auction [...] [...] as I was by Bruce Jack’s CWG Flagstone Love Handles 2004 gives me reason to get enthused about the upcoming Nederburg Cape Winemakers’ Guild Auction [...]

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