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Towards a dry, white sensation
Some top-end white blends intrigued Melvyn Minnaar at a recent tasting
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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
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
August 2006, Tutored by Wine Educator – Neil Courtier.
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Flagstone ‘Noon Gun’ White Blend 2005 – Viewed as offering brilliant value
for money.
Flagstone ‘Free Run’ Sauvignon Blanc 2005 – Loire-like, with grapefruit
characteristics & racy acidity.
Jack & Knox ‘Frostline’ Riesling 2005 – A real point of difference here!
Jack & Knox – ‘Green on Green’ Semillon 2004 – [...]
Read More: Grape Sense (UK) Tasting
Wine Spectator Online
Stirring the Lees with James Molesworth
July 21, 2006
I sat down with Bruce Jack the other day, to get caught up on things in South Africa. Jack, 36, is the owner and winemaker at Flagstone winery, and he’s what I consider a typical South African vintner: quality oriented, producing a moderate volume (about 70,000 [...]
Read More: A Sit Down With South African Vintner Bruce Jack..
From The New Zealand Herald Lifestyle & Leisure
South Africans might prefer to think of their wine industry as a relative newcomer to the global stage but it is actually 347 years old and saddled with a history of cheap chenin blanc and patchy pinotage.
So it’s surprising to taste South African wines which can foot it [...]
Read More: New tastes of South Africa on the way
28 April 2006 by Angela Lloyd
Diversity and unity – both are useful concepts for the industry, suggests Angela Lloyd, musing on some elements of the recent Cape Wine 2006 event
I have to admit to an unfashionable admiration for parts of the French appellation system. How much easier it must be to get to grips [...]
Read More: Striking a Balance
April 12, 2006
Diversity and unity – both are useful concepts for the industry, suggests Angela Lloyd, musing on some elements of the recent Cape Wine 2006 event
Enjoying the buzz generated at the Grape Minds’ stand at Cape Wine 2006 are, from left: Bruwer Raats (co-owner Raats Family Wines), Heather Whitman and Steve Ludlam (partners –The [...]
Read More: Grape Minds Spotlights Cape’s Passionate Wine Individuals
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