This is the final post for the Fine Brandy By Design competition I’ve been running on evolutionary. The winner will be drawn and announced by mid-January 2013. I’m hoping to also travel to the distillery in Cape Town to go through the maste [...]

Part three of the competition to win a 2 days for 2 in Cape Town, including visiting a distellery. This one is about Flight of the Fish Eagle. It draws its inspiration, ethos and branding from the African Fish Eagle … “our proudest symbol a [...]

This is part two of the competition to win a weekend for two to Cape Town, courtesy of Fine Brandy.By Design. The prize includes flights (if the winner does not reside in Cape Town), car rental, accommodation on a bed and breakfast basis an [...]

In September, I wrote a post on how Distell has brought their different brandies under the banner of Fine Brandy.By Design and are working to change how we perceive and consume brandy. As part of that initiative, and to get consumers to exp [...]

Sunbreaks Summer Sale We are in the last stretch of 2012. There are 65 days to go till the start of December and the idea of a Summer holiday lingers in the back of the mind – there but not yet fully formed. If you haven’t booked a ho [...]

I would like to congratulate Sarah Snyman on winning the Intel Asus Ultrabook competition I ran over the month of August. She garnered the most votes with the following playlist: Led Zepplin – Kashmir Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water [...]

Selecting the Top 10 Playlists submitted for the competition to win the Intel Asus Ultrabook was extremely difficult. Still loving a lot of them, across genres. Thank you to everyone who entered. But…. a choice had to be made. Below a [...]

Earlier this year, I was fortunate enough to attend the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which is probably the biggest consumer electronics show in the world. The big buzz was around the Ultrabook, which is, in essence, a skinnier, lighter [...]