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full turnkey furniture packages for the<br />
Arch apartments. It’s been amazing to<br />
watch the development go up,” she<br />
says.<br />
Because they were the only two<br />
females on the team, when a retail<br />
space opened up for a florist, the<br />
developers asked Kim and Teraza for<br />
some ideas. “We sort of always knew<br />
what we wanted in the back of our<br />
heads, but we couldn’t find anyone<br />
to execute it. So, we decided do it<br />
ourselves!”<br />
The concept is simple and very<br />
unique. Kim explains, “we wanted it to<br />
be more than just a florist, we wanted<br />
different and exciting. We both<br />
know about flowers and love wine<br />
(although we aren’t experts) and we<br />
really wanted to do something with<br />
these two passions, which we believe<br />
make people the happiest!”<br />
So how does the pairing work? Kim<br />
says the wine and flowers are ‘paired’<br />
in two ways. The first is simply that<br />
they are paired - or coexist - in the<br />
same space at Ballihoo. You don’t have<br />
to buy them together – can buy one<br />
or the other.<br />
In the other way, the wine is actually<br />
‘matched up’ with the flowers. “Wines<br />
traditionally have floral notes, so we<br />
pick up on those and the colour or<br />
character of a specific wine, and pair it<br />
with a beautiful bouquet. The result is<br />
a carefully thought-out gift that gives<br />
someone a truly sensory experience,<br />
allowing them to possibly learn<br />
something new along the way.”<br />
Not designed to be too technical or<br />
intimidating, the pairing of the wine<br />
and flowers is aimed at allowing<br />
people to explore and try new<br />
products, Kim says.<br />
When it comes to choosing the wine,<br />
Kim and Teraza have teamed up with<br />
a Cape Town based expert, named<br />
Jono Le Feuvre. “Jono is the head wine<br />
buyer for the Ballihoo team, while<br />
also heading up wine education and<br />
elements of content creation. If you<br />
see him in the wild, do not approach!<br />
Unless you have half an hour to have<br />
your ear chewed over the topics like<br />
the misuse of the term ‘minerality’<br />
and the ironies of lab-produced ‘wild<br />
yeasts’. Jono is a committed beverage<br />
enthusiast, has spent a decade<br />
founding and building speciality<br />
coffee outfit, Rosetta Roastery and has<br />
spent almost as long publishing his<br />
Ballihoo founders Teraza and Kim<br />
left-field brand of wine writing on platforms like JancisRobinson.com, Timatkin.<br />
com and HanDrinksSolo.com. Whether it is coffee, wine, or the occasional<br />
bubblegum steri-stumpie, the man does nothing in half-measures (unless he’s<br />
driving).”<br />
The true heart behind Ballihoo though, is a strong desire to bring happiness to<br />
people. “What drives us most is the bringing of joy to others. Wine and flowers<br />
make people happy and we want to encourage people to go out and enjoy life,<br />
be bold and lavish and really spoil someone, just because.”<br />
Details: Ballihoo, <strong>Umhl</strong>anga Arch, 1 Ncondo Place, <strong>Umhl</strong>anga, @ballihoo_shop, www.<br />
ballihoo.co.za<br />
<strong>Mar</strong>ch 20<strong>21</strong> Get It • <strong>Ballito</strong> <strong>Umhl</strong>anga 23
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