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Yesterday Fleur du Cap hosted a terroir tasting of tank samples of various components from diverse wine growing regions. Each sample was reassuringly close to...
It never rains but it pours. Having enjoyed a Kanonkop extravaganza on Wednesday, last night the Pinotage 1997 from this great Stellenbosch property courtesy of...
Last night, a meeting of our social tasting group, the theme of the evening older Kanonkop Cabernet Sauvignon scrounged from various sources with two ringers...
I’ve always gathered that sweet foods need to be matched by sufficiently sweet wines. If the wine is not sweet enough, it will taste sour...
There’s plenty that’s sexy about the recently released Reserve Pinot Noir 2009 from Darling producer Groote Post: red and black fruit and the varietal’s tantalising...
Cabernet Sauvignon. It’s responsible for some of the great wines of Bordeaux (even if blended with other grapes) and has been taken up in much...
If the 2010 vintage of Chenin Blanc from Stellenbosch property Oldenburg Vineyards was likeable but workmanlike (see here), the 2011 shows much greater fruit purity,...
If any variety has gained a favourable reputation because of texture rather than flavour, it is Merlot. In the mind of the average punter, it...
Yesterday peri-peri chicken espetada and a bottle or three of Gatão Vinho Verde at Roberto’s. Situated at 44 Long Street, Cape Town, this is the...
“Pinot Noir is a white wine grape that only makes red wine under special conditions,” contends Peter Finlayson of Bouchard Finlayson, pointing to its use...
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