It is not everyday that I will select a foreign wine for a tasting over our own South African produce, but out of interest I picked the Lawson’s Dry Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2010 from Marlborough, New Zealand. Lawson’s Dry Hills was founded by Ross and Barbara Lawson in 1992 after growing their own grapes on [...]
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Wine Watch New Zealand – Lawson’s Dry Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2010
Posted in Wine, tagged Lawson's Dry Hills, Marlborough, New Zealand, Sauvignon Blanc, wine on May 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Morgenster – The Olive and Wine Experience
Posted in Wine, tagged Morgenster, Olive Oil, Olives, Somerset West, wine on March 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Situated in Somerset West, Morgenster (Morning Star) is known not just for award winning wines but also world renowned olives and olive oils. Since olives and wine are some of my favourite things, I’ve decided visited the farm and taste what they have to offer… The Wine: Morgenster produces three different ranges of wines: The [...]
Who makes S.A.’s best box wine? The Box Wine Awards 2011
Posted in Wine, tagged 406 Media, Batonage, blind tasting, Box Wine Awards, Drostdy-Hof, Penthouse on Long, Robertson, SouthAfrica, Spit or Swallow, The Wood Stock, wine, Wine Times on November 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
On the 24th of November, the good folks from Spit or Swallow hosted the annual Box Wine Awards on the rooftop of the Penthouse on Long in Cape Town. The Magnum PI dress code meant that we all arrived with our most colourful Hawaiian shirts and impressive moustaches (in aid of Movember) to conduct an in-depth investigation on who makes S.A.’s best box [...]
Roping in SA’s Rieslings
Posted in Wine, tagged acid, blind tasting, Cape Riesling, Hartenberg, Jordan, Labels, Mooiberge, Paarl Riesling, Rhine Riesling, Riesling, Rietvallei, SouthAfrica, Stellenbosch, Tasting, Weisser Riesling, wine on November 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of days ago I was planning to make some potstickers for dinner and needed a good wine to pair with the dish. Posting the question on Twitter, I was soon overwhelmed with recommendations of different South African Riesling producers. Riesling…. this grape varietal I have been avoiding for most of my wine drinking [...]
Stark-Condé Wines
Posted in Wine, tagged Chenin Blanc, Jonkershoek, Pepin Conde, soil, SouthAfrica, Stark Conde, Stellenbosch, Syrah, terroir, Three Pines, wine on September 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Summer is around the corner and that means visiting winefarms becomes a fun outdoor event! A short drive up the Jonkershoek Valley in Stellenbosch led me to the Oude Nectar Farm, home of Stark-Condé Wines. Here I had the pleasure of experiencing a delightfully wine tasting at their “floating” tasting room, which is situated on a dam with breathtaking views [...]
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