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September 18th, 2006 posted by Alison Pearce
Michael Fridjohn, 18 September 2006
MORE than a decade into a postapartheid democratic era, the Cape wine
industry is battling with transformation and empowerment issues. At one
level this is hardly surprising. Many less complex sectors of the economy
have failed to come up with a perfect paradigm.
Perhaps more important, wine – insofar as it is part of the [...]
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September 14th, 2006 posted by Alison Pearce
Towards a dry, white sensation
Some top-end white blends intrigued Melvyn Minnaar at a recent tasting
www.grape.co.za
There is something deliciously egalitarian to the thought, neatly
accentuated by Dave Hughes, that both bottom-end plonk and the array of
expensive try-to-be icon whites offered at the tasting in question here, are
made by adding together wines from different grapes.
That thought, cutely tickled [...]
Read More: Views & Tastes
September 3rd, 2006 posted by Alison Pearce
By Donald Paul, Business Day Weekender
The restaurant world is a cut-throat business but, as DONALD PAUL discovered at a farewell feast for one of SA’s finest, there is honour among chefs.
WHEN chef Graeme Shapiro opened The Restaurant in Somerset Road, on the borderline between Cape Town’s mundane Green Point and trendy De Waterkant, there were [...]
Read More: How chefs say cheers to one of their own