For my latest piece in The Buyer, I wrote up a couple of tastings I’d been to recently where Malbec, everyone’s favourite steak wine, played a major role. From America to Africa to Europe, Malbec around the world is pushing forward great guns. It’s a great time to be a Malbec lover!! Mike Turner lunches …
There’s been a few headlines knocking around the last couple of days about a vineyard in Stellenbosch that’s come up with a novel way of keeping the insects down in the vineyard. At the Vergenoegd winery they’ve taken to using an army of…what for it…ducks! Check out this link here to see them in action. …
Last week I went down to a lunch with a lady called Carolyn Martin, who along with her husband, set up Creation Wines. They’re a wine maker based down in the Western Cape in South Africa. She’s over here for a few weeks to promote the wines, meet and greet the drinkers, and all round …
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Lots of studying again last week, but it’s slowly starting to sink in…I hope! I think when you know you’ve got an exam coming up, this quote sums it up nicely: “Today’s Christmas Eve, tomorrow’s Christmas Day, and I can’t wait for Boxing Day to be honest!” Yep, I’ll go with that right now. Anyway, …
Chardonnay, for some reason, has been an unfashionable grape ever since I can remember. I don’t get why. How could you refuse a crisp glass of Chablis? A bit of Blanc de Blancs Champagne maybe? Something with the depth and scale of a Russian River Valley? Well if you can, you need your head testing!
You ever heard of Chenin Blanc? If anyone drinks much white wine they’ll have had their Chardonnays and Sauvignon Blancs, they’re the famous ones aren’t they?
What a week of swings in the polls! At first it looked as though Barolo was running away with it, but a late surge from Blanc De Blancs takes it with just shy of 25% of the vote! So get the deep fryer ready, it’s time for some bubbles to take us out of January …
Well Happy Easter everyone. Hope the long weekend’s treating you all well and you got the time to get in a bottle or two of Chenin Blanc. I managed to get in three of the bottles either side of getting completely soaked during the first cricket match of the season. You’ve got to love the …
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Credit where credits due. For this week’s food pairings I’ve taken some great advice from Zinfandel Steen, a top wine writer I’ve been speaking with on Twitter. So thanks so much for the tips!
As I’m writing the title I’m thinking it’s a bit of a stupid post really. South Africa produces a lot of Chenin Blanc from all over the country. Some are from premium producers, some not-so premium. Point is the tastes, textures, and general variety of wines is probably that little bit more than me writing …
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