by Alun | Mar 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Happened. No matter what happened happened and was always going to happen … South African brandy ‘happened’ on board the Dutch ship De Pijl in Cape Town’s Table Bay Harbour in 1672. The rest is history and today South Africa makes some of the best brandies in...
by Alun | Mar 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
8 March is International Women’s Day. Celebrate the lady in your life. Be her hero, treat her to a Brandy Alexander today, tomorrow, on her birthday, high days, and holidays. Run out of brandy? No problem. Place your order here. For your convenience we deliver to your...
by Alun | Feb 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
A milestone anniversary that passed with almost no observation last year was the 350th year since brandy was first distilled at the Cape. According to both legend and historical fact, the first distillation of “gebrande wijn” (burned wine) took place aboard the...
by Alun | Feb 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
“Art is wine, and experience is the brandy we distill from it.” – Robertson Davies – 1958 De Kaapse Brandewijn Kompanjie pays homage to the origin of, and first barrel of, South African brandy distilled aboard the Dutch Ship, De Pijl, anchored in Cape...
by Alun | Feb 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
In the James Gray movie Two Lovers, Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow) tells Leonard (Joaquin Phoenix) she drinks Brandy Alexanders with her boyfriend Ronald, a rich lawyer. Leonard orders one at a restaurant to impress her, but ruins the moment by mistaking the stirrer for a...
