Edible Gifts! Featured Recipes/Ideas: Christmas Tree Cookies, Cranberry, Almond and White Choc Chip Cookies, Red Velvet Layer Cake, Cinnamon Shortbread, Maple & Orange Gammon Glaze and Turkey Rub, Chocolate TruffleTerrine with Hazelnut Praline, Spiced Poached Fruit, Homemade Cordials and Gift Wrapping!

Mama Mia! (Wine Pairer: Andre Pentz, Adam's Rib Agency) Featured Recipes; Make your own pasta, rustic tomato, basil and bacon gemelli, spaghetti meatballs, prawn and chorizo on lemoney tagliatelle, tagliatelle marinara, ricotta & zucchini linguini, ricotta and pine nut tortellinis, braised lamb shank and homemade pappardelle.

Going with the Grain (Wine Pairer: Simon Wibberley, &Union Beer Salon) Featured Recipes: quinoa granola, moroccan style couscous salad with grilled halloumi, quinoa & herb salad, buckwheat, zucchini & ricotta cakes, chicken & pearl barley pilaf, pan-fried kingklip on soft polenta, griddled polenta with mushrooms & porcini salt, rice pudding with bruleed oranges

Spanish Sky (Wine Pairer: Roger Jorgensen, Jorgensen's Distillery) Featured Recipes; pane con tomate, baby gem salad with crispy bacon and sherry vinaigrette, white sangria, garlic and chilli prawns, paella, grilled tuna with moroccan peppers, spanish lamb with orange and almonds, churros, spanish almond cake with sherry orange glaze

Just Desserts (Wine Pairing Contributor: Tessa Miles, Winecellar.co.za) Featured Recipes; pavolva with poached pears and pomegranates, baked apples with salted caramel, salted caramel ice cream, salted praline, the ultimate crumble, lemon creams with salted praline, vanilla custard, chocolate mousse cake, chocolate hazelnut meringues

Down to Earth (Wine pairing contributor; Christena MacEchern) Featured Recipes; chicken and root vegetable roast, carrot, sweet potato and ginger mash, jerusalem artichoke soup,spanish tortilla, salmon trout on celeriac remoulade, rustic potato pizza with garlic thyme and goat's cheese, french shallot tarte tatin with a goat's cheese fondant, chocolate beetroot cake.

TAKING STOCK! (Wine Contributor: JD Pretorius, Steenberg Vineyards) Featured Recipes; chicken pie, minestrone, osso buco, chicken cashew curry, prawn pasta, crispy fish on cauliflower and potatoe puree, leek risotto and lamb shank tagine.

Ready to Hibernate (Wine Pairing Contributor: Cathy Marston) Featured Recipes: gnocchi and roasted chestnuts with burnt sage butter, cheese and thyme pull-apart buns, roasted chestnut soup, oven roasted coq au vin, pot roast lamb with shallots 7 organic potatoes, apple and almond foldovers, homemade puff pastry, salted caramel pots de creme, ice-cream scoop chocolate & hazelnut biscuits

Farmers Market! (Wine Pairing contributor: Liam Tomlin) Featured Recipes: oven roasted plum confit, creme fraiche and chive omelette, fried bresoala and tallegio sandwich, quick-roasted chicken on puy lentil, cassoulet with lamb & rosemary sausage, toulouse saucisson and crunchy breadcrumbs, fresh and easy pesto pasta, pork & pistachio pie with marsala figs and pear tarte tatin!

Easy as Braai! (Wine pairing contributor: Jan Braai) Featured Recipes: Pork fillet with BBQ sauce, honey balsamic shallots, coleslaw, red fish with chilli garlic butter, stok brood with boerie, leg of lamb with balsamic shallots, T-bone steak with coffee Rub and homemade mayonnaise, Moroccan rice pilaf, BBQ chicken salad.

In a Flash! (Wine Pairing Contributor: Andy Fenner, a.k.a 'JamieWho?') Featured recipes: Rasberry fool, grilled halmoumi & serrano ham bruschetta with spicy spanish oil, lemon cream and basil linguine, roast lemony chicken, prawn pilau, chicken larb, parmesan chicken & fine bean salad, prego roll (paired with &Union Berne Artisna Bbeer!)

Asian Influence (Wine Pairing Contributor: Michael Olivier) Featured Recipes; seared white fish with black bean dressing served on wilted pak choi, beef balsamic teriyaki, crispy pork belly with spicy miso sauce, mandarin pancakes, crispy duck, tuna tataki, caramelized pineapple.