Call me a conservative power-broker because I am a typical cabernet sauvignon drinker… Which are you?
Category: Drinks
A guide to champagne glasses
So we just missed champagne day and I have posted so much about wine glasses that I realised that I never posted anything about champagne flutes. As an fyi, you know all the sparkling wine and mcc produced anywhere else but in Champagne in France cannot be called champagne and since like a million wine…
#Vaalwineroute day 2
Even though it was a Sunday, we will still drank wine in the am. Here’s a summary of our day two.
#Vaalwineroute day 1
Last year we went to the amazing wine route and we decided we’d bring my cousin and her husband this time! A more in depth review to follow!
Dieu Donne wine pairing
Starting off the year was the best meet up group on this planet: Wine and Belgium Beer Connect. As usual with this meet up, you meet new friends and catch up with old ones. Sat with my good wine buddy Lindi and she introduced us to some of her partner’s Mexican friends. This made me…
10 Proven Benefits of Green Tea
Let’s steer away from the wine and food for a while so we can focus on what will pro long our lives, according to this blog I just read. So whenever I feel bloated, tired and just down I always revert to this one method to make me feel better. That method is green tea….
REPOST: Amazing Benefits Of Red Wine
You may have heard that red wine is a heart-healthy alternative to typical alcohol-based drinks, and even without comparison to other options, red wine holds up on its own in the nutrient-dense category of foods and beverages. Sure, you could just eat red and black grapes to get the antioxidant benefits found in wine if…
The Wine Decanting Myth
Let’s first start with the definition of decant, which Google so amazingly laid out: Why do we need to decant? Not every wine needs decanting. Many of us associate decanting with older vintage port wines or aged Bordeaux – wines that throw off a lot of sediment as they age. Decanting separates the wine from…
Perfect Wine Serving Temperature
Because I’m South African, I will use degrees celcius but with modern technology, you should be able to convert it in less than 5 seconds! This has been a small debate between friends for a looong time. I have a friend, won’t mention the name, who puts ice cubes in her dry red wine and…
A sweetness you’ll enjoy
Here I go again showing appreciation to some of the country’s smallest wine farms. Yes, I’m very commercial but the pallet cannot tell the difference between the two. It’s all about what pleases the senses. My love for red wine goes deep. It’s a love story that dates back to the days of stealing rare…
Its Lady Vera 