On my recent visit to The Vaal Wine Route, I tasted something that really woke my pallet up. Although it shocked me, I thought I should explore it more before passing my judgement. In wine tastings it is usually presented last. Prepared from the most-ripe sweet muscat grapes, this wine comes in red and white…
Month: August 2016
Repost: Pairing sweet wines with food
This is copy paste from winefolly.com. As I’m still learning about wine, I found this useful, hopefully you will too. Sweet white wines make a wonderful accompaniment to many foods, particularly cuisines of Southern Asia and India. As these two cultures become more captivated by wine (there are vineyards in India, Thailand and Myanmar!),…
Kitchen life hacks
I just saw the most exciting post on Facebook. As a home cook, striving to up her skills all the time, I usually love hacks like this to help me in the kitchen. Here they are:
Perfecting the Wine Review
After having so much fun exploring my pallet at the Vaal Wine Show, I decided to extend my blog to writing reviews of wine too. I previously wrote a post on writing the perfect review which I use in my everyday life. Btu creating a list about reviewing wine was a lot harder than I…
The Vaal Wine Route 2016
This is really exciting to talk about. Here I am, a wine-lover-of-note, anxiously waiting for October to come when I go back to the Western Cape to visit another 7-10 wine farms. But out of the blue, another great but unusual concept pops up on Twitter. It’s called the Vaal Wine Route and I have…
Its Lady Vera 