It’s competition time!! The Joburg Cheese Market features local cheese stalls exhibiting and showcasing cheese in South Africa.The event includes wine , whiskey & beer pairings, mouth watering cheese dishes, arts & crafts and more!! I am giving away 2 tickets to the #AnnualCheeseMarket2018 hosted by @Jhbcheesemarket. The winner will be chosen on Friday…
Tag: Wine
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…
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…
What your choice of wine says about you
Call me a conservative power-broker because I am a typical cabernet sauvignon drinker… Which are you?
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.
Its Lady Vera 