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Read through our blogs to discover top tips, activities and insight into the Leeu Collection hotels and their surrounding destinations

A Winelands Winter

A Winelands Winter

We feel that winter may be the new summer in Franschhoek!

21 August 2020
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Celebrating the British tradition of ‘Afternoon Tea’

“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the ceremony known as afternoon tea” ― Henry James

05 August 2020
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Mullineux & Leeu Family Wines Celebrate 2020 Harvest Season

With approximately half their vineyards harvested to date, the Mullineuxs are highly expectant for the 2020 harvest.

26 February 2020
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Salute to Olerasay 2°

Join us once again, as we raise our glasses to Mullineux & Leeu Family Wines who have released their Mullineux Olerasay 2° Straw Wine this past week.

31 July 2020
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Boeuf Bourguignon – a perfect Autumn feast

Head Chef, Darren Badenhorst of Le chêne at Leeu Estates, provides us with this classic, homely Boeuf Bourguignon recipe.

20 May 2020
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Simon Rogan’s Scone Recipe - straight from the Afternoon Tea offering at Linthwaite House

The first known print reference to the ever loyal scone is in 1513, from a Scottish poet. This causes the debate – are scones a Scottish creation or is that just the first recording of these delicious tea time staples?

04 May 2020
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Autumn Butternut Risotto

Chef Jess van Dyk, previously of La Colombe and now heading up Protégé Restaurant at Le Quartier Français, provides us with an Autumn Butternut Risotto recipe sure to impress even the toughest of critics around your dining room table!

25 May 2020
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“A host of Golden Daffodils” - Wordsworth

Walk in the footsteps of this great poet with some of our suggested routes which feature the blooming of the daffodils.

26 March 2020
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The History of Linthwaite House

From private summer home to luxury 5-star boutique hotel . . . if these walls could talk . . .

26 March 2020
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2020 Save the Dates: A round-up of upcoming local events in Franschhoek

To everything there is a season when vacationing in Franschhoek

03 March 2020
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