As you many know: 1. I love wine 2. I love gin 3. I love rum 4. I like vodka 5. I like whiskey No where on that list do you see Brandy. What I’ve found is the Afrikaans community in South Africa love their Brandy and coke so getting to know a lot of…
Category: Drinks
The #Gin revolution in #SouthAfrica
The coolest thing in town these days is GIN! Look left and right and all you see is gin. As a self-proclaimed wine snob, I tend to check out whatever else is out there and it’s really hard to ignore the Gin-revolution that is currently going on out there. Now Gin is not exactly the…
Trends in wine and food tourism
A good read into a 2019 forecast! Thanks to Bizcommunity The swinging doors to kitchen culture was first held open by celebrity chefs like Julia Child and Jamie Oliver. For the tourism industry it was the travel documentary style of Rick Stein and Anthony Bourdain that beamed travel to exotic locations, and Cornwall, into our…
11 Light and Delicious Wine Cocktails
A wine cocktail is a mixed drink, similar to a true cocktail. It is made predominantly with wine, into which distilled alcohol or other drink mixer is combined. The distinction between a wine cocktail and a cocktail with wine is the relative amounts of the various alcohols. Whether it’s for a dinner party or a…
#WineBattle: What’s the best white wine?
The battle is on. We’re entering the warmer months in the southern hemisphere so I like to change it up a notch. Trading in your coat for a bikini and your boots for sandals was the first step so now we’re going to trade our reds for our whites. Gone are the days of mulled…
Chenin Blanc for the win! #WineSnob
Chenin Blanc has had a reputation for being ‘that other white wine’. It’s not as known and loved as Sauvignon Blanc, and it doesn’t have the swagger of Chardonnay. But I have seen the change and I like it! Thanks to the growth of this special white grape right here in South Africa, Chenin Blanc…
Spring has sprung!
It’s 1 September 2018 and if you live in the southern hemisphere then you are looking forward to change in seasons. The weather is sure to get warmer which means your palate will be looking for something to complement it. I was recently part of a #virtualtasting on Twitter where I got to pair the…
Rum Tum Tum: #JoburgCraftRumFestival
I saw a little competition that I knew I should enter. Yes, it is unlikely that a wine snob would be entering an event that is not wine related but 2018 was named the year for exploring. Exploring new tastes includes all that South Africa has to offer which until 2018, I never knew was…
Winter wines for 2018
If you’re in the southern hemisphere, you can already feel that it’s getting darker earlier and it’s darker in the mornings. We’re clearly entering winter which means your drink preference should change too. This past summer was one of the hottest ever. I spent most of days drinking semi sweet white wine and throwing in…
What are sulfites in wine?
I once had a boss who asked me to recommend a great bottle of wine for him and his wife. When I asked if they are typically red or white lovers, he said that he loves his whites but his doctor said there’s too much sulfites in white wine so he should be drinking red…
Its Lady Vera 