In 2002 Bruwer Raats and Mzokhona Mvemve combined their artistry and Mvemve Raats was born. We delve a little deeper to see how paths crossed and what inspired the creation of MR de Compostella. Who is Bruwer Raats and how did he get into producing wines? Bruwer grew up in the Eastern Cape and whilst […]
The Underground Cellar was built in 2013 and has been a wonderful gathering space at The Cavern for many years. We stock a wide range of excellent South African wines, at good value, and we are fortunate to have many wine tastings through the year. In fact we have about 2000 bottles of wine, representing
We have just returned from a really special book launch in Durban. This book, “South African Indigenous Garden Plants – the gardener’s guide”, has been over a decade in the making and we have seen the hours of labour poured into creating it. Elsa is co-author but she is also host to our Wild Flower
It is easy, when pondering the power of possibility, to get caught up in clichés such as, ‘If you can dream it, you can do it.’ But the thing about clichés that is easy to forget is that most of them has an origin in some measure of truth. Nothing signifies this stronger than the
Gill has been teaching Botanical Art at The Cavern with Elsa Pooley for more than 20 years! She is an expert in her field and we are so fortunate to have a few of her paintings on display at The Cavern. Gill & Elsa will be with us again from Monday 25th November to Sunday
It’s been just over a month since our Big5Hike for education. It was the final round and our thanks extends to those that joined us, to the Corporates that have been an integral part of the hike’s success and to our Cavern & Royal Drak teams for the energy and love that they entwine in
This week we have families that have visited us for more than 40 years, some a few more than 20 years and others that are sharing their very first Christmas with us. It’s a magical time of the year. Festive and fun. Our grandparents landed here in 1941; a time of dusty roads, no ESKOM,
Recently we decided that it was time to garner support and look at filling the potholes on the small district road to the Cavern. The D119, our access. We reached out to the other establishments and businesses in the area to see who else might raise their hand and contribute and we were so grateful
Always look for the helpers. In times of hard, in times of challenge, in times of tragedy, they appear. I have always held my grandmother, Ruth, in very high regard. She built this Cavern, poured her heart and soul into creating a business, gave up so much to make it work and she was remarkable.
We recently hosted forager, Nikki Brighton, for a Wild and Weedy Weekend. The season has been particularly dry, so there was not as much uncultivated food lurking in the corners of our garden as she hoped but we did find plenty of guta kola and slender celery. Fortunately, the veggie garden at Sungabala had lots
