So I have been falling in love with wine all over and over now that I have started expanding my pallet not only to include red wines. When I went to the Vaal Wine Route a couple of months ago, the first place we started off at served us Van Loveren wines that we landed…
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Another Meet up with Wine
This last Thursday I went to another one of Wine Connects Meet up at Gorge Krammerville. One this lovely warm evening, we were invited to sit on their upstairs area which overlooked the whole of Sandton, if you were sitting at the right spot. This wine connect was hosted by Simonsig and Jack Black beer…
Five tips on choosing great wine
Let’s start with this video from CNN Perfect Pours Video That’s the advice of Natalia Escudero, chief sommelier at the Park Hyatt in Buenos Aires, when it comes to choosing wine. There’s no excuse for sipping the same old $15 Merlot or Sauvignon Blanc. Instead, drinkers should experiment with grapes and regions. It’s not always…
Exploring Dessert Wine
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…
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…
What Your Drink Of Choice Says About You
While you will likely order many different drinks over the course of your life, there will always be that one you fall back on for comfort’s sake. So, it’s important to get that drink right. Just like your hairstyle, your signature drink should reflect you and the vibe you exert; just imagine how weird…
Sushi too perfect
There’s only a few moments in life that I have to take time out and appreciate the perfection that life has to share. On a whim, my fiancé and I went to a restaurant I pass nearly twice a week. This restaurant had received great reviews by foodie bloggers, but not by anyone I know…
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