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Decanta · This week · Sunday 18 October 2026

The Sunday edition · No. 1

Sunday 18 October 2026

A week of spring in the Cape

One highlight for each day, from the Waterfront to the winelands.

Spring vines in front of a Cape Dutch manor house in Constantia
Spring in Constantia. Photo: Pexels (Pexels Licence).

October is when the Cape winelands are at their best. The vines are in new leaf, the evenings are long and warm, and there is something worth doing on almost every day of the week. Here is the one we would choose for each.

Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 October. The week begins quietly. These are good days for a slow afternoon at Hazendal on Bottelary Road, where spring picnics are set out on the lawns.

Decanta's pick

Folk Vino Pizza Fest · Saturday 24 October · Folk Café, 54 Main Road, St James, Cape Town

Wednesday 21 October. The Veritas tasting comes to the V&A Waterfront from 17:30, a rare chance to taste this year's award-winning wines in one room.

Thursday 22 October. Culture Wine Bar on Bree Street hosts a five-course Bruce Jack wine dinner, with each course paired with one of his wines.

Friday 23 October. The Boschendal Friday Night Market brings food, live music and Boschendal wines to the old werf from 17:00, an easy way to start the weekend.

Saturday 24 October. This is our pick of the week. Folk Café in St James hosts the Folk Vino Pizza Fest from 15:00 to 22:00, with producers such as Newton Johnson, Shannon and Oak Valley pouring by the sea.

Sunday 25 October. The week closes with the Garden to Table lunch at Lanzerac: four unhurried courses in the Manor Kitchen, from 12:00.

The full list, with times and calendar links, follows below. The iPhone app is preparing for its App Store launch. Thank you for being with us from the start.

The Decanta team

What's on

Day by day · 18 to 25 October

Wednesday 21 October

PASTVeritas Tasting Cape Town

This year's Veritas award-winning wines and brandies, poured in one room at the Waterfront.

17:30 to 20:30 · Deloitte, The Ridge, V&A Waterfront

Thursday 22 October

PASTChef Matt and Mates with Bruce Jack

A five-course menu on Bree Street, each course paired with a Bruce Jack wine.

18:00 to 21:30 · Culture Wine Bar, Cape Town

Friday 23 October

PASTRosé de May at Glenelly

A sunset glass of Rosé de May and the opening of the In Situ exhibition, followed by three courses.

From 17:30, dinner at 19:00 · The Vine Bistro, Glenelly

Friday 23 October

PASTBoschendal Friday Night Market

Food, live music and Boschendal wines on the Werf. Entry includes a glass to keep.

17:00 to 21:00 · Boschendal, Groot Drakenstein · Weather permitting

Saturday 24 October

PASTGreyton Garden of Bubbles

Cap Classique and French Champagne in one of Greyton's secret gardens. Tickets are limited.

From 12:30 · 8 Vigne Lane, Greyton · Weather permitting

Saturday 24 October

Decanta's pickPASTFolk Vino Pizza Fest

Ten wine tokens and ten pizza tokens, with wineries from Newton Johnson to Oak Valley.

15:00 to 22:00 · Folk Café, St James

Saturday 24 October

PASTOpen-air cinema: Notting Hill

The 1999 romantic comedy under the open sky. Bring a picnic, or buy from the food vendors.

From 17:00 · Glenelly, Stellenbosch · Weather permitting

Sunday 25 October

PASTLanzerac Garden to Table Lunch

A four-course seasonal menu in the Manor Kitchen, for a long and unhurried lunch.

12:00 to 15:00 · Lanzerac, Stellenbosch

Planning a day out? Our guides to Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Paarl, Constantia and wine farms near Cape Town.