I don’t know if I have mentioned before, but I love this wine. Yes, I think I have said it about other wines BUT they make the most affordable wines! Before I knew anything about wine, I used to look at the label and just buy. Durbanville Hills always had the whole “vintage” and “classy”…
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Groot Constantia: Wine & Chocolate
Having not been to wine and chocolate pairing, I wasn’t that excited because I don’t have a sweet tooth. If it was meat, I would have fought for us to go there. But nontheless, my recent trip to Cape Town included, our close friend Gugu and our “dopplegangers” from the UK, Natalie and Paul, The…
Know when a good wine has gone bad
I couldn’t agree more with wine.com. Thank you Jim Gordan Thank God and the world’s wine making universities that we don’t have to put up with many truly flawed, terrible wines anymore. But it does still happen. Here’s how to know the difference between a wine that just doesn’t suit you and one that should…
How to Order Wine Without Looking Like an Idiot
This satirical piece I read online will make in the smallest wine lover into a wine snob! No one likes to feel like a dope when staring down a wine list. So here’s a cheat sheet on how to avoid embarrassment, culled from the collective wisdom of sommeliers and other wine professionals. BEFORE THE RESTAURANT…
Be a Glass Snob not just a Wine Snob
For the purpose of this blog, I am going to refer obviously to wine glasses but most importantly, parts of the glass too. This illustration can help you understand: It may not seem like an important factor, but your choice of wine glass can have a big impact on how your wine tastes. Different wine…
15 Things You Should Know Before Attending a Wine Tasting…
This is definitely worth a read! I actually found this on a human resource site out of all places! Enjoy and you can thank me later. 1. Know your Audience and their Level of Wine Knowledge. Don’t Try to Bluff the Wine Enthusiast! 2. Learn How to Properly Taste…Aromas, Introduction, Texture, Palate and Finish. 3. Do…
Van Loveren Wines: New Love
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…
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…
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…
Its Lady Vera 