WINE DINE AND TRAVEL SUMMER 2020 -- SOUTH AFRICA
What to do with a gap between two travel adventures - the end of our thrilling Kenyan safari and the start of an exotic cruise from Cape Town? What else but explore another of the world’s iconic wine regions. Since we met three decades ago, whenever possible, my husband and I seek out wine country pleasures - bucolic views, charming inns, leisurely tastings and casual fine dining. If trips bring us near vineyards - Virginia to Oregon, France to Australia, we visit for an afternoon or several days. This time our wine country destination was South Africa, one of the oldest wine-making regions outside of Europe, where Dutch and French settlers began tending vines in the mid-1600s. For a week, including Valentine’s Day when we celebrated our 31st anniversary, we explored the stunningly beautiful Winelands of the western cape, less than an hour drive from Cape Town.
What to do with a gap between two travel adventures - the end of our thrilling Kenyan safari and the start of an exotic cruise from Cape Town? What else but explore another of the world’s iconic wine regions. Since we met three decades ago, whenever possible, my husband and I seek out wine country pleasures - bucolic views, charming inns, leisurely tastings and casual fine dining. If trips bring us near vineyards - Virginia to Oregon, France to Australia, we visit for an afternoon or several days. This time our wine country destination was South Africa, one of the oldest wine-making regions outside of Europe, where Dutch and French settlers began tending vines in the mid-1600s. For a week, including Valentine’s Day when we celebrated our 31st anniversary, we explored the stunningly beautiful Winelands of the western cape, less than an hour drive from Cape Town.
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Sharon Whitley Larsen
Sharon Whitley Larsen’s work has appeared in many major publications, including
Reader’s Digest (and 19 international issues), Chicken Soup for the Soul books, and
Los Angeles Times Magazine. She’s the author of British Travel Tidbits (2017) and
Travel Tidbits (2018), published by Sanbun Publishers in New Delhi. Sharon also
had a two-year travel column “Travel Tidbits” in the Union Jack newspaper. Her favorite
topic is travel (favorite destination London).
Maribeth Mellin
Maribeth Mellin is an award-winning journalist whose travel articles have appeared
in Endless Vacation Magazine, U-T San Diego and Dallas Morning News among others.
She also travels and writes for several websites including CNN Travel, Concierge-
.com and Zagat, and has authored travel books on Peru, Argentina, Costa Rica,
Mexico, Hawaii and California.
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