I received some wine from Melgab International a few weeks ago and as time is always at a restraint, only got round to start the tasting of these bottles during the past week and I will write about them as I do the whole tasting thing. Remember that this could take a couple of weeks [...]

With the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction taking place on 2 October at Spier this year, I thought it only fitting to plagiarise some of their info off their brochure and website to put them on the radar so to speak, and I quote …
“28 Years ago, the Cape Winemakers Guild started a process that would [...]

My Mum used to say that I get so busy looking at the big picture, that I tend to lose sight of the small details. That is why the Teddy Hall 2005 Blanc de Blancs Méthode Cap Classique at the Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Showcase last week was such a serendipitous moment for me.
Except [...]

Spoilt for wine choice
There are some 600 wine producers in the Western Cape and hundreds of cellar doors and tasting rooms to choose from. But I doubt that any can offer a tasting of ‘unusual’ grape varieties that we can at Fairview. This is because we have a commitment to innovation across our business, and [...]

Like the jingle about braaivleis, rugby, sunny skies and Chevrolet, Nederburg has always just been there.
My first “illegal” drinking experience happened with Nederburg wine at a fondue at the age of 17. The first bottle of wine I ever bought was a bottle of Nederburg Baronne and the first bottle I ever bought as a [...]

I don’t always like all the wines that I taste or are offered to drink, but I only ever violently dislike a wine if there is something wrong with it. When that happens, I talk to the person in charge and see if I can’t taste a different bottle – only then will I decide [...]

It is absolutely freezing here and me not a great fan of sweet and fortified wines, is having a bit of a problem. Not in the mood for a Red and too lazy to make coffee and too grown up for Hot Chocolate with little marshmallows….
Luckily I remembered a bottle of My Wyn Amber 2009 [...]

An introduction to alternate forms of wine and wine storage.

Nederburg and Amarula -  Officially licensed products for 2010 FIFA World Cup
FIFA has signed an agreement with Distell entitling them to market Amarula and a range of specially produced
Nederburg wines for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Amarula is our most widely exported liquor brand and has been judged Best Cream Liqueur in the [...]

Our top winery for next week featured is Windfall Wine Estate, a quaint wine farm located in the Agterkliphoogte valley in Robertson.
Famous South African cricketer, Eddie Barlow, counts among one of the previous owners before Robert Alexander, a prominent property developer from KZN bought the farm. Windfall the name Barlow gave it when he witnessed [...]