Win With FB.BD: Fish Eagle

Dec 18, 2012 | ,

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 and represents everything our naturally superior brandy stands for: stealth, strength and bold confidence.” It is double-distilled in handmade copper pot stills, aged for three years in French air-dried oak barrels and has no additives or preservatives. In keeping with the natural spirit, Fish Eagle is involved in the Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Birds of...

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Win With FB.BD: Klipdrift

Dec 9, 2012 | ,

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 and a private brandy tasting and distillery tour. This post focuses on another brandy in the FB.BD family – Klipdrift. It was first distilled before 1938 by a JP ‘Kosie’ Marais in his backyard, drawing from Chenin Blanc and Colombar wines which grew well in the Robertson. The current Klipdrift Brandy Master is Johan Venter and, in the last century, beyond...

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Win With Fine Brandy.By Design: Oude Meester

Nov 29, 2012 | ,

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 explore the brands more, they have been kind enough to provide me with the prize for evolutionary readers. The prize is a FB.BD Cape Town Experience, which consists of a 2 night stay for 2 people for an exclusive distillery and food pairing experience. I will be doing a series of four posts for the next four weeks on a different brandy cocktail and food...

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Take A Holiday With #TsogoSale

Sep 27, 2012 | ,

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 holiday yet, you may end up fatigued and disappointed, with the increased demand as the year winds down. Tsogo Sun has been running some interesting campaigns and, starting today, there is an opportunity for you to book yourself a well-deserved holiday with the #TsogoSale, saving 25% in the process. The sale lasts until 8pm tomorrow (September 28th) and you can...

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Winner – Intel Asus Ultrabook

Sep 5, 2012 |

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 J.J.Cale - Don't Cry Sister Neil Young – Ohio Canned Heat – Spoonful Jimi Hendrix - Red House John Lee Hooker - Big Legs Tight Skirt Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath Pink Floyd – Money The Black Keys - Next Girl The White Stripes - The Hardest Button To Button Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds Marilyn Manson - You're So Vain...

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Vote For Playlist To Win Intel Asus Ultrabook

Aug 15, 2012 | ,

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 are the Top 10. Please vote in the poll at the bottom of the post for the playlist you feel should win the Ultrabook. Verushka Ramasami Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up One Republic - Secrets John Legend - Ordinary People David Gray - This Years Love Avril Lavigne - Complicated Kelly Clarkson – Stronger The Wanted - Glad You Came Whitney Houston - One...

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