Frenchify Your July
In celebration of the Franschhoek Valley’s heritage and our French winemaking traditions, we invite you to Frenchify your July!
With the annual Franschhoek Bastille Festival taking place on 11 and 12 July, we are adding some fabulous French touches to everything we do at Leopard’s Leap Family Vineyards and we invite you to join us – at our Franschhoek address or at home!
It’s party time!
Don’t miss our Fabulous French Fête kicking off the Bastille weekend festivities on Friday, 10 July!
Dress either fashionably or traditionally French and join us for an evening of French-inspired food, wine and fun. Tickets are R650 per person and include bubbly and canapés on arrival, a generous buffet of famous French staples, a charming tower of macarons for dessert and some swing and sway on the dance floor. Leopard's Leap wines will be available at cellar door pricing.
French-inspired wine winners
We are very excited to share the news about the exceptional performance of our Culinaria Collection at the recent National Wine Challenge.
The 2021 Leopard’s Leap Culinaria Grand Vin was awarded Red Wine of the Year, while also being named Grand Cru National Champion Best in Class. This exceptional wine, together with the 2024 Pinot Noir, its red partner in the Culinaria Collection, was also included in the Top 100, while both wines received Double Platinum awards. The 2025 vintage of the stalwart Leopard’s Leap Culinaria Chenin Blanc was also recognised with a Double Gold award.
During July, to celebrate this wonderful recognition as well as the French inspiration of our Culinaria Collection, buy any six bottles from our Tasting Room or leopardsleap.co.za and enjoy 10% off.
Bon appétit!
There’s no French talk without food talk! For July, we are adding some delightful French touches to both our weekday menu and a special blackboard offering. Expect hot-smoked salmon tartare, French onion soup, Beef Bourguignon, pan-fried line fish with Pommes Anna, to name but a few. Each dish is perfectly paired with our Culinaria Collection of wines.
Frites & Fizz
The history of French fries is quite controversial. As the story goes the dish was discovered by American soldiers in Belgium during World War I. Since French is the most spoken language in southern Belgium, they named these tasty potatoes, ‘French fries’. Regardless of their origin or whether we call them French fries or frites, they are deliciously moreish and make for an unbelievable pairing with our Cap Classique. The wine's crisp acidity and delightful bubbles beautifully balances the fattiness and saltiness of the fries.
Join us in the Leopard’s Leap Tasting Room for a Frites & Fizz pairing. R110 per tasting. Available from Tuesday to Sunday, during July.
Your Kitchen – Frenchified
Join the fun and add a few French touches to your own cooking this winter. Few things make for more heated fire-side conversations than the ingredients on you braaibroodjie. In essence, however, you need quality bread, plenty of butter and oozing cheese. What French favourite does this remind you of? Of course! The delicious Croque Madame!
Sam Linsell are also busy Frenchifying a few South African staples for you to try at home. What would be a French interpretation to Bobotie or the Cape Chicken Pie? Get her wonderful recipe ideas on our social media pages throughout July. Just make sure you have the Culinaria wines to enjoy with them!
In celebration of the Franschhoek Valley’s heritage and our French winemaking traditions, we invite you to Frenchify your July!
With the annual Franschhoek Bastille Festival taking place on 11 and 12 July, we are adding some fabulous French touches to everything we do at Leopard’s Leap Family Vineyards and we invite you to join us – at our Franschhoek address or at home!
It’s party time!
Don’t miss our Fabulous French Fête kicking off the Bastille weekend festivities on Friday, 10 July!
Dress either fashionably or traditionally French and join us for an evening of French-inspired food, wine and fun. Tickets are R650 per person and include bubbly and canapés on arrival, a generous buffet of famous French staples, a charming tower of macarons for dessert and some swing and sway on the dance floor. Leopard's Leap wines will be available at cellar door pricing.
French-inspired wine winners
We are very excited to share the news about the exceptional performance of our Culinaria Collection at the recent National Wine Challenge.
The 2021 Leopard’s Leap Culinaria Grand Vin was awarded Red Wine of the Year, while also being named Grand Cru National Champion Best in Class. This exceptional wine, together with the 2024 Pinot Noir, its red partner in the Culinaria Collection, was also included in the Top 100, while both wines received Double Platinum awards. The 2025 vintage of the stalwart Leopard’s Leap Culinaria Chenin Blanc was also recognised with a Double Gold award.
During July, to celebrate this wonderful recognition as well as the French inspiration of our Culinaria Collection, buy any six bottles from our Tasting Room or leopardsleap.co.za and enjoy 10% off.
Bon appétit!
There’s no French talk without food talk! For July, we are adding some delightful French touches to both our weekday menu and a special blackboard offering. Expect hot-smoked salmon tartare, French onion soup, Beef Bourguignon, pan-fried line fish with Pommes Anna, to name but a few. Each dish is perfectly paired with our Culinaria Collection of wines.
Frites & Fizz
The history of French fries is quite controversial. As the story goes the dish was discovered by American soldiers in Belgium during World War I. Since French is the most spoken language in southern Belgium, they named these tasty potatoes, ‘French fries’. Regardless of their origin or whether we call them French fries or frites, they are deliciously moreish and make for an unbelievable pairing with our Cap Classique. The wine's crisp acidity and delightful bubbles beautifully balances the fattiness and saltiness of the fries.
Join us in the Leopard’s Leap Tasting Room for a Frites & Fizz pairing. R110 per tasting. Available from Tuesday to Sunday, during July.
Your Kitchen – Frenchified
Join the fun and add a few French touches to your own cooking this winter. Few things make for more heated fire-side conversations than the ingredients on you braaibroodjie. In essence, however, you need quality bread, plenty of butter and oozing cheese. What French favourite does this remind you of? Of course! The delicious Croque Madame!
Sam Linsell are also busy Frenchifying a few South African staples for you to try at home. What would be a French interpretation to Bobotie or the Cape Chicken Pie? Get her wonderful recipe ideas on our social media pages throughout July. Just make sure you have the Culinaria wines to enjoy with them!
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