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SMALL-BATCH GIN
Fresh, fl avourful, complex and crafted in a hand-operated, small Christian Carl copper potstill, Brooklyn Gin (R799) – which won Double Gold at the 2016 San Francisco World Spirits Competition – adds great depth to gin cocktails.
BEE’S KNEES • 60ml Brooklyn Gin
• 22ml fresh lemon juice • 22ml honey syrup (equal parts honey and warm water) Shake with ice and serve in a tumbler. Garnish with a fresh slice of lemon and top with sparkling wine to create a Brooklyn 75 or sparkling water to create a Brooklyn Collins.
URBAN OASIS
Escape the grind at the fi ve-star Fairlawns Boutique Hotel & Spa. The exclusive, award-winning spa has just extended its outdoor space to create a haven of tranquillity, evocative of Bali, with its destressing water features and birdsong- fi lled bamboo groves. Chill out in an undercover, heated hydro pool, rim-fl ow Jacuzzi, sentō bath and relaxation lounges set in verdant gardens. You and your partner can enjoy the couples’ treatment suite, which has a double spa bath with self-therapy scrubs and jets, or chill out in the dining sala in your robes while you sip refreshing drinks. Your day outing will feel like a mini-holiday. Tel: 011-808 7300. Visit:
www.fairlawns.co.za
SUPPORTING EDUCATION IN THE WINELANDS Recently appointed to the board of the Cape Wine Auction Trust, Iain Banner joins the fi ve other members: Wendy Appelbaum, Paul Cluver,
Ken Kinsey-Quick, Raymond Ndlovu and Mike Ratcliff e. “I’m honoured and excited to be joining this group of hard-working people who have passion and energy and think creatively and innovatively to eff ect real change in the lives of those who live and work in the winelands,” says
Banner. He’s the co-founder of Sports International, the Gary Player Design Company, the Laureus World Sport Awards, the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation and the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Visit:
www.thecapewineauction.com
SUMMER ARTISTRY AT MOSAIC
To experience Restaurant Mosaic at the Orient (No 7 in the Top 10 in SA at the 2018 Eat Out Awards) is to fall under the spell of Chef Chantall Dartnall, who conducts an utterly unforgettable gastronomic symphony of tastes, scents and sights. Titled Natura Naturans: The Earth Laughs in Flowers, the summer menu – with its Grande Dégustation (R1 450) and Market Dégustation (R950) off erings, pays homage to Mother Nature. Wine-lovers can add either the Enthusiast’s Wine Pairing (R545) or the Connoisseur’s Wine Pairing (R595). We loved the whimsical My Bento Box, with its pickled
carrot ice lolly, spring marshmallow, garden peas, smoked snoek and patat and From the Frozen Ocean – Arctic salmon “cooked” on dry ice at your table – for its sheer theatricality and fresh sea fl avours. Even the bread and butter (paired with each course) is outstanding. The mosbolletjies with a dunker of mature Parmesan cheese sauce and Mosaic’s signature anchovy butter are so good that you’ll be tempted to ask for seconds. But be sure to leave space for the restaurant’s renowned cheese trolley, which includes the Époisses de Bourgogne (rumoured to be a favourite of Napoleon’s). Ask for a tour of the wine cellar, which has over
75 000 bottles and about 6 000 diff erent labels. The restaurant was honoured with a 2018 Grand Award from the distinguished Wine Spectator in the USA for its outstanding wine list. Visit:
www.restaurantmosaic.com and
www.the-orient.net
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