Capering
The
Cape
By Devanshi Mody
D
elaire Graff Lodge & Spa:
The man behind Graff
diamonds couldn’t get
enough of the sparkles, and
so deployed his expertise at
fashioning sparkling diamonds to
making sparkling wines. Delaire
Graff lodges on exuberant vineyards.
Say “I do” at the lodge and Mr. Graff
can fix you a sparkling rock to land
on that finger. Then honeymoon in
villas with expansive vineyard views,
especially entrancing when the
setting sun evokes a ruby necklace
strewn across a town whose
sparkling lights look like a thousand
glinting diamonds. Your villa with
chaste white marbled bathrooms and
white interiors might be elegantly
sober, but its fine wines ensure a
heady-nistic sojourn.
Ask the lodge to send you to lunch
at Haute Cabrière, that turns
home-grown produce into delicate
creations. The vineyard’s owned by
eccentric German aristocrats whose
wine cellar is an art gallery. For a
taste of artisanal art, the lodge
organises visits to 22-year-old
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