Comments on: South Africa 24 — Delaire Graff Estate

By: Eva Mondragon

Eva Mondragon — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 00:30:05 +0000

MM, thank you for sharing with us your wonderful South African experience. I especially enjoyed the photographs of the incredible sights and the lovely gardens. Your commentary on their wines is very much appreciated. Some of the best wines I’ve tasted come from Africa’s wine-producing regions.

By: john paul sarabia

john paul sarabia — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 01:46:35 +0000

it is fabulous- i appreciate you doing this mm.

By: Thel from Florida

Thel from Florida — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:48:44 +0000

Great family picture again! What a beautiful countryside– I really want to go there :)

I’am very grateful for all your posts but especially this one as diamond was mentioned. My birthstone is diamond (April 6) and I am a diamond-a-holic in very small scale. Married for 31 years, I received gifts of 6 diamond rings ($14K) 6 diamond bracelets ($7K) 6 diamond earings ($6K) plus various 18k and 14K gold jewelries and akoya pearls. Nothing like Graff but I am very , very grateful.

By: Khew

Khew — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 02:24:45 +0000

How do they prevent shedding leaves from contaminating the table settings? Along the same lines, I always wonder about the typical Balinese look of the frangipani by the swimming pool. I don’t know how other people’s frangipanis behave but mine is a pain when it comes to shedding. But then again, slavish vigilance might just do the trick.

By: ami

ami — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 01:53:49 +0000

What a beautiful landscape. Imagine what Monet could have painted with that view.

By: millet

millet — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 00:06:47 +0000

MM, i really appreciate your effort to share and “bring” us to the experience…thank you!

By: Betchay

Betchay — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 23:34:00 +0000

South africa can now be in my bucket list…..the wine country looks fantastic!

By: Connie C

Connie C — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 21:05:02 +0000

For those of us not as privileged to make it to the Delaire Graff estate but find their way to South Africa, the Kirstenborsch Botanical Garden, acclaimed as one of the great botanic gardens in the world is a place to visit in Cape Town.

By: Connie C

Connie C — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 20:49:32 +0000

Good to see Mrs. MM’s charming face, finally, without the specs or shades!

Not bad for someone who used to scrub floors and toilets, unless it is another created story of big success for the king of bling! Graff’s collection of modern art is reportedly some $250 M! Hopefully no conflict diamonds from Graff who has full control of his diamond business as we are told. And for a trivia that is not so trivial:

“In the early 1980s, after seeing a Graff exhibition in Hong Kong, a lady-in-waiting to Imelda Marcos invited Graff to the Malacañang Palace for an audience with Madame Marcos. At the end of Graff’s week in the Philippines Mrs. Marcos bought three storied gems that he had carried to Manila, for a total of $10 million. Among them: the 42-carat Emperor Maximilian, named for the Austrian archduke who, legend has it, was wearing the diamond around his neck in a pouch when he faced a Mexican firing squad in 1867. Graff bought it at a Christie’s auction in 1982 for $726,000.”
https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2007/0813/084.html

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 14:37:29 +0000

natie, some nice (but small) photos of Graff diamonds in this old post, while window shopping in New York a few years ago...