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WINE & CATERING – HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION – SAFARI’S – PERSONAL CHEF Please

 VINO-TECH

 

TEL. NO. +27 21 4395412                            Safari & Adventure Trip Website [click here]

MOBILE +27 721820439                  Personal Cheffing & Catering Services [click here]

Long & Short-term Accommodation [click here]


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Janine SmithVINO-TECH (Proprietor)N.Dip (Mkt), CNE, MCP, NSW

 

G'Day All

 

To all the Kids who were born in  the 1930's 40's, 50's, & 60's… (thank you Kevin, for this)First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

 

Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints. We had no child-proof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding three up on a push bike was always great fun. We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We ate bread pudding, white bread and real butter and drank lemonade with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because... WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.We would spend hours building our go karts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents
. We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

We were given air guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!
School sports teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!

If YOU are one of them!
CONGRATULATIONS!


Clearance Stock

BREDASDORP RUBY CABERNET 2002 - 19 bottles

Great value for money and a recommended buy. This week's price R22. If you take all 19 bottles R20.

TRIBAL WINEMAKERS COLLECTION SHIRAZ 2003 - 29 bottles

This week's price R20. If you take all 29 bottles R18.

OUT OF AFRICA PINOTAGE/CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2004 - 18 bottles

This week's price R20. If you take all 18 bottles R18.

OUT OF AFRICA PINOTAGE 2003 - 48 bottles

This week's price R20. If you take all 48 bottles R18.

OUT OF AFRICA ORGANIC MERLOT/CABERNET 2004 - 6 bottles @ R20

OUT OF AFRICA SHIRAZ - 66 bottles

John platter prints his description of this wine in red type and gives it a wowee 4 star rating. R20

22 MCC producers and 11 Champagne houses will be at the festival on the 9th and 10th December. Seventeen Franschhoek restaurants will be part of this grand affair. Contact Lindy April at marketing@franschhoek.org.za or (021) 876 3603 for details.

AFRICAN SAFARI'SHOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

Should you be interested in any type of African Safari, please e-mail me vino-tech@telkomsa.net

For Safaris & Overland Adventures from 3 to 56 days; in South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda & Kenya.

 

I also have beautifully illustrated and detailed brochures which I'll gladly drop off for you. Please click on Safari & Adventure Trip Website link at the top of this newsletter.


2 Double bedrooms, fully furnished equipped, self-catering apartments in an Art Deco block. Situated below Signal Hill in a quiet cul-de-sac.

 PLEASE E-MAIL ALL ORDERS TO vino-tech@telkomsa.net
 
Remember, if you can’t find something, we’ll find it for you! Whether it be wine, food, accommodation or safaris & event/functions

The apartments are 15 minutes walk from the V & A Waterfront, 5 minutes to the beaches, 2 minutes to Sea Point and close to many popular bars, restaurants, clubs, deli's, coffee shops and public transport.

 

Rates are from R500 per day depending on the number of people and length of stay. Please click on Long & Short-term Accommodation  link at the top of this newsletter.



Franschhoek Champagne Festival







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