So this week I’ve been late and lazy up to this point. That kind of carried on til this morning as a combination of polishing off two bottles of Côtes Du Rhône last night and a messed up phone battery (hence no alarm clock!) left me dozing in til gone 10 o’clock. One of those …
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I was wondering whether to start this post with a load of quotes from all the 1,000 year BC Israelite prophets that you can find on Wikipedia, but not to worry, the feeling has passed. I think I’ll just crack on by repeating what Ant had mentioned in his post this week. Lebanon is one …
Pinotage can justifiably stick its hand up as being the red grape of South Africa. Don’t get me wrong, Bordeaux varieties such as Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, and Rhone varieties like Syrah have bigger plantings throughout the vineyards, but these are the international varieties. Pinotage is South African. It was developed here, it’s nearly exclusively …
