Lucy Corne

Lucy Corne

It took me years to find a focus for my travels, but when I finally worked it out it was a wondrous realisation. I’ve been lucky enough to visit 45 countries across six continents so far and my trips are loosely based around booze – a quirky microbrewery here, a vineyard offering something extraordinary there. Originally from the UK, I’ve spent years exploring every corner of my favourite of those 45 countries, South Africa and am currently based in Cape Town. My travel, food and booze features have been published in a range of publications across the world, including Lonely Planet, Travel Africa and Wanderlust. You can see more of my work at www.lucycorne.com.


Posts by Lucy Corne

Revellers at last year's festival

Go glam in Gugs: the Gugulethu Wine Festival returns

25 April 2012 | Lucy Corne

After the success of last year’s inaugural event, it’s no surprise that the TOPS Gugulethu Wine Festival is rolling out the red carpet again this year on 25 and 26 May 2012.

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Misty Meadows restaurant and bar

Garden Route beer stop: Misty Meadows Microbrewery

19 April 2012 | Lucy Corne

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If you like your pint with a side of rustic solitude, you probably won’t find a more fitting spot than the Misty Meadows Brewery, just outside George.

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The 2011 Southyeasters Festival

The seventh annual Southyeasters beer festival

5 April 2012 | Lucy Corne

As summer slips away, the Southyeasters are hosting a farewell to fine weather with their annual beer festival at Newlands Brewery on 14 April 2012.

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The Peroni Yacht

SAB Heritage Tour: third ingredient – water

3 April 2012 | Lucy Corne

So we’ve dealt with hops and we’ve dealt with malt. The cerevisaphiles (Google it!) among you might be asking the obvious question: ‘Where’s the yeast?’ but alas, a brewer’s yeast is his secret. It’s the yeast that makes all the difference in flavour and strains cultivated by breweries

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Caledon

The SAB Heritage Tour: second ingredient – malt

30 March 2012 | Lucy Corne

The second stage of the SAB Heritage Tour: learning about malt and pining for pints.

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George

The SAB Heritage Tour: first ingredient – hops

12 March 2012 | Lucy Corne

A visit to the George hop farms in harvest season was a way to better understand the bitter flower that fills a beer with flavour – the vital spice to a batch of good beer.

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A beautiful spot for a beer

Beer exploration – the Clarens Craft Beer Festival

9 March 2012 | Lucy Corne

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27 brewers, 92 different beers and eight hours: these were the ingredients for an incredibly successful Clarens Craft Beer Festival in the Free State.

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2012 Clarens Beer Festival

A brew with a view: The 2012 Clarens Beer Festival

6 February 2012 | Lucy Corne

The 2012 Clarens Beer Festival in Clarens, Lesotho, is hopping to be quite a brew ... with quite a view!

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Horse-drawn beer delivery

Horse-drawn deliveries and free beer at Newlands Brewery

24 December 2011 | Lucy Corne

On SAB's latest monthly event you can catch a horse-drawn cart from Newlands Brewery, deliver fresh beer to the best-loved pubs in Newlands, and then swig one back yourself.

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Beer lovers attend the launch of the Slow Quarter

The Slow Quarter – Darling Brew’s sexy new taproom

21 December 2011 | Lucy Corne

Darling Brew's brand new taproom, the Slow Quarter, has just opened in the Western Cape.

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