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!
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Your Winter Wine and Food Pairing Guide
Again, winemag has come to the rescue with this brilliant piece that will warm us up for this winter. When the weather cools down, it’s time to heat things up in the kitchen. If you’re anything like the editors at Wine Enthusiast, you’re craving the soul-warming comfort food and wine pairings that bring family and…
A Cheese Lover’s Guide to Wine Pairings
As soon as I read this on WineMag, I knew I had to repost this. In a business that can sometimes cultivate pretension, it’s refreshing to meet someone taking on cheese in a fun and relaxed manner. Adam Moskowitz, founder of the Cheesemonger Invitational and owner of Columbia Cheese, wants to do just that, dispelling…
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…
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…
Repost: Heatwave – Short Term Overheating of Wine
With South Africa having one of its hottest transitions to Summer, the thought came to mind out how this heat affects our wine? and in this drought, we have to atleast drink wine right? (This is not medical advice at all). Came across this article that I just had to repost from Wineintro.com. We all…
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…
Meetup: Wellington Wines
A night with Wellington wines. Have you ever thought about what Indian food and wine taste like? In all my wine days, I have never ever drank wine while eating Indian food. So this was my opportunity to eat and dine in style. The setting this time was Thava restaurant in Norwood. It’s in a…
Its Lady Vera 