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Second time guest British researcher Harriet McKay vowed on her first visit to Rodwell House that she would complete her final page of thesis while seated on the loggia. This she happily did last week! |
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| Guest activity |
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Feb was fantastic for locals and holidaymakers alike. We enjoyed outstanding seaside weather, warm evenings, the sea a lovely 20°C day in, day out.
Happy guests arrived from literally all over the world, left tanned, refreshed, a new stock of fond memories at the fore. |
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| Titanium Bistro |
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Our resident Executive Chef Ivan Cameron is eliciting most favourable reviews daily from lucky diners. Lazy aged fillet, succulent West Coast lobster, False Bay off-the-boat line fish, sweet Mozambique prawns, and more, delight at al fresco lunches and long dinners. Finest wines either paired with courses or carefully selected are de rigueur. Prices are ridiculously reasonable.
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| Breakfast |
08h00 to 11h00 |
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| Lunch |
12h00 to 15h00 |
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| Dinner |
18h30 to 22h00
(Closed Sunday dinner) |
Booking advisable 021 787 9880
Click here to book
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| International wines on our award-winning list |
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Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet 1998, South Australia
Old tobacco pouches, subtle current notes and fine grained cedar rev the nose. The palate is beautifully smooth and aligned. Fine-grained tannins from exceptional fruit selection and tight oak notes are framed by gorgeous cassis. So seductive, so everything… so not easily for sale! |
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| SA wines on our award-winning list |
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Uva Mira Chardonnay single vineyard 2008
Matthew does it again! This is a stellar effort. Long and intense, this precise, minerally wine yields a fat middle and a handsome and lingering finish. Fine white fruits, choice tannins mix with crisp acid underpin, and expensive yet subtle oak expression from finely chosen barrels. Very good right now, better by some margin from 2015. |
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Château Léoville-Barton event held at Rodwell House on 17th February
A world-class tasting and wine paired dinner with Anthony Barton from this premier 2nd Cru was a huge success. With vintages spanning over 2 decades, this firmly consolidates Rodwell House in the top league of wine-centric hotels globally. Eighteen guests enjoyed an enchanting and informative evening, with the 6-course tasting menu from acclaimed resident executive chef Ivan Cameron receiving an ovation. |
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| Weekend Wines – wine tours, events, tasting programme, import/export, sales |
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More often than not we receive wine-loving guests to stay at Rodwell House. Requests for proprietor Robin to lead private, inside track wine experiences have been frequent and this is a bespoke service now available.
Each trip is planned with the guest party, and agenda and level is set to meet guest expectations. |
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Lunch, as a key component, is usually booked at a top restaurant. Overall a fun day will include learning, laughter, some mild exercise, interesting people, fine wines and a super meal.
A typical day will offer a vineyard walk on special terroir, vine discussion and grape tasting. It allows for dialogue with a select Cape winemaker. It could include tank and / or barrel tasting. It can allow for a cellar discussion and walkabout. Wine tasting can include older vintages or special bottling and single vineyard wines. A viticulturist meeting can take place, and lots more besides.
Click here for further information or to book |
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| Cedar Tree Gallery |
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The True False Bay. Exhibition from 25th March to 15th April.
Representing a number of talented local artists, we launch our exciting new exhibition of works on ‘The True False Bay’.
Opening event on 25th March from 18h00 to 20h00. Please join us for a private viewing that evening, and enjoy our chef’s superb canapés, and wines. Open to RSVP guests only – please confirm via email to info@rodwellhouse.co.za
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Sir Francis Drake first commended the Cape of Good Hope as ‘a most stately thing, and the fairest Cape we saw in the whole circumference of the earth’. The history of the visual recording of the Cape is a long one. As best described by renowned British botanist William Burchell: ‘At all times a sketch is a most comprehensive and faithful memorandum and describes most things much more fully than the pen can ever do. Wherever time will not admit both, there can never be a doubt that pencil is preferable to pen’. |
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Art in the Cedar Tree Gallery - Cecil Skotnes (1926 – 2009)
Cecil Skotnes is an acknowledged pioneering giant of South African art. His artistic vision was undoubtedly shaped by his time spent in Europe, however it was his profound engagement with the African continent and its long-established tradition of figurative woodcarving that distinguished Skotnes work.
His use of colour is key. Skotnes often modulated his insistent use of primary colours – particularly red and yellow – by employing more earthen hues with equal gusto. His art is characterised by his graphically bold approach to figuration.
He has been described as “one of the most influential African Modernists”, a fitting tribute. |
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| Weddings |
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Rodwell House offers an ideal seaside-wedding venue.
Private and intimate, we specialise in events that offer up to fifty guests a superb sit-down dinner. Live music and entertainment is arranged.
For canapé and champagne events we cater for up to two hundred guests. |
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World Cup football 2010 - only 100 days away!
We never increased out rates, thus Rodwell House is very busy for this period. Some space is still available still at VERY reasonable rates.
Click here to enquire now |
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New website under construction |
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Our exciting project is well under way, although late of course as all technology (and construction) projects seem to be. We still aim for an end March launch. |
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