The cooler time of year always seems to signify the beginning of the South African food and wine season - a full belly and good glass of red always makes for a much warmer disposition. Luckily, this year there seems to be no shortage; with the popular Taste of Cape Town Festival and the Constantia Food and Wine fest done and dusted, next up on the agenda is the SA Cheese Festival taking place at the Sandringham Farm outside Stellies this weekend, and then
The Wine Show Joburg happening at the Sandton Convention Centre from the 3-5 May.
In anticipation of the SA Cheese Festival our local foodie, Nina Timm, shares two of her favourite easy cheesy recipes:
Cheese and Pepper Butter, and Boozy Figs and Creamy Camembert.
In music news, I report back on the latest
"Kooky" #5GumExperience edition and two more international band announcements are made; Russian band
Mumiy Troll and American pop/rock singer
Jennifer Rush will both be performing in Cape Town later this week.
In travel and tourism news, Chris Moerdyk is lucky enough to take a tour of the prestigious
Queen Mary 2 during its CT stop over, and Sindy Peters learns some interesting facts at the
Cape Town Diamond Museum.
Two tickets to
Park Acoustics at the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria this Sunday, 28 April, are up for grabs this week!
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Featuring more than 100 of SA's finest producers under one roof, The Wine Show Joburg is to be held from 3 to 5 May, 2013, at the Sandton Convention Centre. As well as the wines, visitors will have a range of activities to choose from including the free Wine Extra Theatre and the Wine Extra International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) Gold Lounge. Foodies can also look forward to polishing their matching skills in a dedicated food and wine theatre. 
The Sound On Screen Music Film Festival is to be held at The Labia, 68 Orange Street, Cape Town, from 26 April to 2 May and The Bioscope, 286 Fox Street, Joburg from 24 to 28 April, 2013. 
Voted "Best Band of the Millennium" by Russian music fans, Mumiy Troll is without question the most significant musical entity that Russia has produced since Perestroika. The group`s popularity is so great that contemporary Russian music is broken down in terms of what came before and after Mumiy Troll. 
Jennifer Rush is heading for South Africa to perform two concerts in Cape Town on 26 and 27 April, at the CTICC, Cape Town before going to Joburg to perform on 1 and 3 May, 2013, at the Emperor's Palace, Kempton Park. 
The support bands for Metallica are to be Van Coke Kartel at both Cape Town dates on 24 and 25 April at the Bellville Velodrome then Chromium and Pestroy will support on 27 April at FNB Stadium, Joburg. 
Brothers in Blood, the award-winning play by Mike van Graan, returns to the Artscape Arena as part of a double bill. The play will alternate with Rainbow Scars, another of the playwright's works, until 11 May. 
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