Didier
Bertrand | Tel +27 (0)73 613 2561 | Fax +27 (0)86
616 5688 | Skipe: didierducap | email
me
Discover the Cape of Good
Hope's history through its dairy farms, cheeseries, wine
cellars and vineyards! I tour in English, French
and Italian. So
much to see, so little time! We have thus designed
these adventures and experiences around a multiplicity of
options, stipulating their own time limits. You can thus construct
the tour that will best suit your aspirations
today.
Journey through the breathtaking Cape
Fold Mountains and explore its micro-terroirs. Experience pristine nature while pairing
traditional, health-promoting and hand-crafted cheeses with
bountiful wines. Introduced in the Cape by 17th Century seafarers,
cheese & 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 & Wine history with
your own self-styled affineur, sommelier host and
self-confessed cheese & wine addict, Didier. All the while
travel over
three centuries of rich heritage, and delect in Africa's finest
cheeses & wines, looking into industry trends &
future potentials. Didier attempts to express the diversity
of this new-world society in the context of a fast expanding
economy still confined in the hinges of history. We face head on
a human geography in transformation and ever conflicting
first/third world socio-economic dynamics. This Tour de
Force whisks us
into an out-of-the-ordinary culinary
adventure with palatal rapture and a hellofalotof
fun.
Visit
the Cheese & Winelands of the Fairest Cape. Meet the
cheese makers at her/his small farms, cheesery; the winemaker in the
cellar & 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 greater European
tradition challenged with South African innovation and
'savoir-faire'. Fun or not ?!
Tours span
many distinct areas within the ONLY 'Mediterranean' region on the
sub-saharan continent. Succulent, award-winning cheeses & unique
wines are discovered, their techniques explored and a Cheese &
Wine Pairing Presentation Luncheon is offered at the vineyard. Our
motto for service excellence is: 'come naked, return full'.
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 &
a hat (the UV index is one of the highest in the world!); in winter,
take warm clothes & waterproofs...
Tours & Events are 'unscheduled' and are
thus designed as exceptional. We tour every day,
except some Saturdays and Sundays when we are busy selling
terroir cheese & wines at local fresh produce markets.
I hope to here from you personnally. Didier. [mob: +27(0)73 613
2561]
TERMS &
CONDITIONS: Purchases on tour
and events are to own account. We reserve the right to change itineraries
without notice. Bookings are confirmed with 50% deposit actually having
been received in our bank account, free of deductions. All rates including
guiding and facilitator rates stated herein are 'rack' rates designed for
individuals and groups, FITs and companies. Tour operators. agents, team
building contractors and hospitality establishments can access our STO
rates upon request. Payments are made by Bank transfer, EFTs or deposits
using SWIFT for international and deemed to be made Nett without
deduction. Cash deposits attract a 5% surcharge. All prices include Value
Added Taxes (VAT). Transfer/deposit costs and currency-change charges are
to the client's account. Quotations and Invoices are sent out with a
stipulated validity period. Should the validity period expires, a new
quote or invoice must be re-issued; prices may then vary. Be cautious as
tour and event costs as well as 3rd party services costs may vary by
the time a new quote is requested (remember that it is the 2010 Soccer
World Cup year). However, once the tour booking is secured, i.e. the 50%
deposit is received; the price is fixed and will not vary. The 50% deposit
payment and the balance payment are due on the date stipulated on the
invoice. No tour or event can take place without the balance having been
received into out back account within the stipulated validity period. In
the case of an FIT tour full balance must be tendered at the beginning of
the tour. Changing tour dates is possible when availability is verified.
There is an admin fee of 10% of total tour or event cost for a tour date
change, payable 7 days prior to tour or event departure.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
Upon justifiable reasons for cancellation of tour or event has been
verified and accepted: one hundred percent (100%) of moneys received will
be reimbursed up to sixty (60) days prior to the tour or event date(s);
fifty percent (50%) of moneys received will be reimbursed up to thirty
(30) days prior to the tour or event date(s); twenty-five (25%) of moneys
received will be reimbursed up to fifteen (15) days prior to the tour or
event date(s); twelve comma five percent 12.5% of moneys received will be
reimbursed up to seven (7) days prior to tour date(s); under 7 days,
moneys received will not be reimbursed. A day is deemed to be a calendar
day of 24 hours, starting at 00h00, CAT. Refunds are paid by bank
transfer. Transfer and/or currency changes costs incurred are to the
account of the client.
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client, whether a guest, a tourist, a visitor, a group, a tour operator or
an agent hereby acknowledges that all logos, copy, communication, whether
verbal or written, on paper or in electronic format, photos, film, and all
products and services information and related business processes and other
details, including pricing, STO arrangements and communication media, are
the sole property of African Cheese & Wine and that at no point any
reproduction, communication, disclosure is allowed, unless duly authorised
by African Cheese & Wine in writing, under special conditions. No
direct communication from the client, to any third party and
sub-contracted party which composes part of any offering of African Cheese
& Wine is authorised for any purpose whatsoever - including but not
limited to - the production and delivery of its products and services,
within the Republic of South Africa or abroad. The client agrees to keep
all confidential information, normally divulged in the course of its
business with African Cheese & Wine in strict confidentiality and is
bound by the above non-disclosure provisions. Any act or omission
contravening non-disclosure in any form, will entail the immediate
cancellation of agreement, which provisions are tacitly enumerated the
Terms & Conditions and Cancellation Policy, in the above.
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