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<!---------------francais----------------><a style="COLOR: #0000ff" onmouseover="this.style.color='#ff0000'" onmouseout="this.style.color='#0000ff'" href="http://www.cheeseandwine.co.za/indexfrancais.htm" target=_top><u><em><font face=Verdana>Français</font></em></u></a>&nbsp; <!-----------------italian--------------><a style="COLOR: #008200" onmouseover="this.style.color='#ff0000'" onmouseout="this.style.color='#008200'" href="http://www.cheeseandwine.co.za/indexitaliano.htm" target=_top><u><em><font face=Verdana>Italiano</font></em></u></a>&nbsp; <!----------------home---------------><a style="COLOR: #ff00ff" onmouseover="this.style.color='#ff0000'" onmouseout="this.style.color='#ff00ff'" href="http://www.cheeseandwine.co.za" target=_self><u><font face=Verdana>HOME</font></u></font></a></div></td></tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman"></font>&nbsp;</div> <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size=7>AFRICAN<font color="#c0c0c0"> </font><font color="#f6b511">CHEESE </font></font></font><font color="#ffffff"><font color="#408080"><font color=#808080 size=7 face="Times New Roman">&amp;</font><font size=5> </font></font></font><font color="#ff0000"><font face=Verdana><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#c40000" size=7>WINE</font><font size="1" face="Verdana">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div> <div align="center"><font color="#00000" face="Verdana"><font color="#00000" face=Verdana><font color="#00000" face="Verdana"><font color="#00000" face=Verdana><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font color=#400040 face=Verdana><font color="#000000"><font color="#00000" face=Verdana><font color="#00000" face="Verdana"><font color="#00000" face=Verdana><font color="#00000" face="Verdana"><font size="1">Didier Bertrand | Tel +27 (0)73 613 2561 | Fax +27 (0)86 616 5688 | Skype me on didierducap | <a href="mailto:didier@cheeseandwine.co.za">email me</a></font></font></div> <p align="center"><font color="#00000" face="Verdana"><font color="#00000" face=Verdana><font color="#00000" face="Verdana"><font color="#00000" face=Verdana><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font color=#400040 face=Verdana>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <object style="WIDTH: 304px; HEIGHT: 257px" width="304" height="257"><param name="movie" value="http://www.wiqet.com/wiqet/english/srfgbcvppar/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <embed src="http://www.wiqet.com/wiqet/english/srfgbcvppar/"type="application/x-shockwave-flash"wmode="transparent"width="450"height="380"></embed></object>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cheeseandwine.co.za/cheeseandwineflash.htm"><img style="WIDTH: 111px; HEIGHT: 222px" border=0 hspace=0 src="LOGO.jpg" width=207 height=422></a> <font face="Verdana"><font face=Verdana><font color="#000000" size=2><br></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#00000" face="Verdana"><font color="#00000" face=Verdana><font color="#00000" face="Verdana"><font color="#00000" face=Verdana><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font color=#400040 face=Verdana><font face="Verdana"><font face=Verdana><font color="#000000" size="2">Discover the Cape of Good Hope's history through its dairy farms, cheeseries, wine cellars&nbsp;and vineyards!</font><br> I tour in English, <a href="http://www.cheeseandwine.co.za/indexfrancais.htm">French</a> and <a href="http://www.cheeseandwine.co.za/indexitaliano.htm">Italian</a>.</font></font></p> <p></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000" size=2><strong>Jou</strong></font></font><a title="Didier Bertand's Facebook Profile" href="http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Didier-Bertand/1568838103" target=_TOP></a><font color="#000000" size="2" face=Verdana><strong>rney</strong> through the breathtaking Cape Fold Mountains and explore its micro-</font><a href="http://www.wineanorak.com/terroir2.htm"><font color="#0000ff" size=2 face=Verdana>terroirs</font></a><font color="#000000" size="2" face=Verdana>. Experience&nbsp;pristine nature while pairing traditional, health-promoting and hand-crafted cheeses with bountiful wines.&nbsp;</font><font color="#000000" size="2" face=Verdana>Introduced in the Cape by 17th Century seafarers, cheese &amp; wine were later developed by a handful of French Protestant refugees (of Huguenot origin), Dutch East India Company (VOC) servicemen, German soldiers and a motley of adventurers. Reminisce the 8000 years of global Cheese &amp; Wine history with your own self-styled&nbsp;</font><a href="http://www.frencheese.co.uk/diduknow/history.php?id=18" ;=""><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face=Verdana>affineur</font></a><font color="#000000" size="2" face=Verdana>, </font><a onmouseover="popup('Procures, stores, &amp; rotates a cellar, delivers wine lists, services and training.','lightgreen')" onmouseout=kill() href="http://www.answers.com/topic/sommelier" ;><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Verdana">sommelier</font></a><font color=#000000><font size="2" face="Verdana">&nbsp;host and self-confessed cheese &amp; wine addict, Didier. All the while t</font><font size="2" face="Verdana">ravel&nbsp;over three&nbsp;centuries of rich heritage, and delect in Africa's finest cheeses &amp; wines,&nbsp;looking into industry trends&nbsp;&amp; future potentials. </font></font><font face="Verdana"><font size=2><font color="#000000">Didier attempts to express the diversity of this new-world society in the context of a fast&nbsp;expanding economy still confined in the hinges of history. We face head on a&nbsp;human geography in transformation and ever conflicting first/third world socio-economic dynamics. This Tour de Force&nbsp;whisks us into&nbsp;an&nbsp;out-of-the-ordinary&nbsp;culinary adventure&nbsp;with palatal rapture and a hellofalotof fun.</font></font></font></p> <p align="left"><object width="480" height="385" align="middle"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H1mDHpwwGg4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H1mDHpwwGg4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1" width="480" height="385" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> </p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font color=#000000><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana"><strong>Visit </strong>the Cheese &amp; Winelands of the Fairest Cape. Meet the cheese makers at her/his small farms, cheesery; the winemaker in the cellar &amp;&nbsp;on the vineyard, when available. This is off-the-beaten-track edu-tainment at its best. The geography, geology, hydrology, climate, wind and history of soil make up for a multitude of specificities, where same vine varietals yield radically different wines. Engage an old&nbsp;greater European tradition challenged with South African innovation and 'savoir-faire'. Fun or not ?!<br><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face=verdana><br><b><font color="#000000">Tours</font></b><font color=#000000 size=2 face=verdana><font color="#000000"> </font>span many distinct areas within the ONLY 'Mediterranean' region on the sub-saharan continent. Succulent, award-winning cheeses &amp; unique wines are discovered, their techniques explored and a Cheese &amp; Wine Pairing Presentation Luncheon is offered at the vineyard. Our motto for service excellence is: 'come naked, return full'. </font></font></font></font></font></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font color=#000000><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana"><font color=#ffffff size=2 face=verdana><font color="#000000" size="2" face=verdana>A base itinerary is proposed for each tour, a great thing - in fact - because it often includes LUNCH and a host of other 'pertinent' activities. Additional fantastic options are listed and costed for your perusal. There is no obligation to elect any option as the tour is 'de force' exquisite... When you click a tour link above, you will be able to receive a quotation instantly, including any choice of options. Make use of this feature to elaborate your day! In summer DO NOT FORGET to take sunscreen &amp; a hat (the UV index is one of the highest in the world!); in winter, take warm clothes &amp; waterproofs...</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font color=#000000><em>Tours &amp; Events are 'unscheduled'&nbsp;and are thus designed&nbsp;as exceptional.&nbsp;We tour&nbsp;every day, except some Saturdays and Sundays when we are busy&nbsp;selling terroir cheese &amp; wines at local fresh produce <a href="mailto: markets@cheeseandwine.co.za" target=_self>markets</a>.</em></font></font></font></p></td></tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#000000"> <td align="middle"> <table style="WIDTH: 967px; HEIGHT: 83px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellPadding=0 width=967 align=center> <tbody> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody> <p></p></table> <p align="center"></font><font size="1" face="Arial">4Change Marketing cc t/a African Cheese &amp; Wine Tours. 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