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| Neethlinghof Serves Its Slow-Made Wines With New-Style Fast Food | Tuesday, 11 May 2010 |
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In a delicious melding of contrasts, Neethlingshof Estate in Stellenbosch is offering visitors a novel pairing called Slow Wine and Flash Food that combines a range of its slow-made, hand-crafted wines with a new and original interpretation of fast foods.
Six wines selected from the reserve and estate tiers are paired with six gourmet food-on-the-go options from spring rolls, noodles and wraps to steak rolls and waffles.
"We ... |
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| New Rhinofields Chardonnay Is Ready To Roll Out | Tuesday, 11 May 2010 |
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After spending a total of twelve months in the barrel, rolled every fortnight to enhance exposure to the lees, the long-awaited 2009 Rhinofields Chardonnay has been released by Durbanville Hills.
Last year the cellar introduced the barrel-rolling practice for its reserve-range Chardonnay, as opposed to the more conventional stirring of the lees. "This is a gentler approach," explained cellarmaster Martin Moore. "Normally we would hav ... |
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| Wrap-up With The Bastion Red Blend This Winter | Tuesday, 11 May 2010 |
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At the first signs of winter chill, instead of grabbing a scarf and coat to face the cold, simply curl up next to the fire place and indulge in a glass of the newly released vintage of the Durbanville Hills Bastion.
The 2007 Durbanville Hills Bastion is a silky blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz, with grapes sourced from a combination of vineyards located on the high and low valley slopes.
Wilhelm Coetzee, Durbanvill ... |
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| Debut New World Wine Collaboration A Resounding Success | Tuesday, 11 May 2010 |
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The collaboration at the 2010 ProWein trade show in Dusseldorf, Germany, last month (March) that saw normally competing New World wine-producing countries work together for the first time to present findings on common themes such as eco-sustainability and marketing, was such a success it is to be repeated next year.
The members of the New World grouping, represented by the generic wine-marketing bodies for Argentina, California, Chile, ... |
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| Port - The Best Dinner Companion | Tuesday, 11 May 2010 |
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The best dinner companion
Its time to bury the image of port as the preserve of the old and rich. Invite the 2006 Monis Vintage Port to your next dinner party and experience an incredible taste sensation.
A blend of the classic port varietals Touriga Naional, Souso and Tinta Roritz, it is an elegant fortified wine with excellent aging potential. It has wonderful ripe, red berry aromas, followed by whiffs of dark cherry a ... |
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| Alchemy Of Gold Takes Brandy And Food Pairing To The Next Level | Tuesday, 11 May 2010 |
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Alchemy of Gold has come up with another ingenious and persuasive way to illustrate the versatility of its award-winning South African brandies, this time pairing them with a selection of very original pates and terrines created by Belgian/Burundian chef Coco Reinharz of the popular Sel et Poivre restaurant at the Quatermain Hotel in Morningside, Johannesburg.
"Fine brandy lends itself to a myriad of pairing options ranging from gourm ... |
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| Tough 2010 Harvest But Some Stand-Out Wines Expected, Says Distell | Tuesday, 11 May 2010 |
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Spring rains, severe southeast winds and the unseasonal hail that preceded this years ripening season, as well as a 10-day summer heat wave, made the 2010 harvest one of the most labour-intensive and logistically demanding vintages in recent memory. This is according to Distell‘s chief of grape and wine supply, Erhard Wolf, whose company accounts for a third of South Africas still and sparkling wine production.
Although crops f ... |
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| Test Your Taste Buds At Durbanville Hills | Tuesday, 11 May 2010 |
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Tantalise and test your taste buds with an extraordinary food and wine pairing on 15 July at the Durbanville Hills cellar.
Guided by Durbanville Hills cellarmaster Martin Moore, the "miss vs. bliss" evening seeks to create a unique sensory dining experience by exploring the fun and sense of discovery in selecting and savouring the best matches in food and wine. Participants will follow their palates, sampling a variety of combination ... |
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| Environmental Chemist Wins Van Ryns Award For Brandy Excellence | Tuesday, 11 May 2010 |
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Newly graduated Cape Wine Master (CWM), Sarah Newton has won the 2010 Van Ryns Award for Brandy Excellence. She earned the highest scores in both the tasting and theoretical components of the brandy module of the CWM course, the highest qualification bestowed by the Cape Wine Academy.
A senior environmental chemist from Johannesburg, she earned her Cape Wine Academy Diploma II, the precursor to her CWM, in 2001 and is an active member ... |
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| Oldest Auction In New World Of Wine Pays Tribute To Its Heritage | Tuesday, 11 May 2010 |
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36 years ago, 15 rare Cape wines from five wine estates were showcased at the first Auction of the finest Cape Wines to take place at Nederburg in South Africa. It had a humble beginning as a platform for selling Nederburg Edelkeur, with the emphasis on affording licensees an opportunity to gain access to a selection of the finest local wines that represented the ultimate expression of the winemakers art in South Africa.
Since then, i ... |
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| Hartenberg Sauvignon Blanc Triumphs With Gold In Brussels | Tuesday, 11 May 2010 |
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Hartenberg has triumphed at the 2010 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles with a Gold medal for its vibrant 2009 Sauvignon Blanc. The wine, which impressed the international judges at this prestigious annual competition in Brussels, was crafted during the 2009 vintage, widely regarded as one of the best for the Sauvignon blanc varietal in living memory.
Almost 7 000 wines came under the scrutiny of a panel of international wine experts repre ... |
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| Simonsig Releases New Kaapse Vonkel Vintage | Tuesday, 11 May 2010 |
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Simonsig Estate has just released the 2008 vintage of the award-winning Methode Cap Classique, Kaapse Vonkel Brut a delicate and refreshing sparkler with great dimension and poise.
A renowned Cap Classique heralded as South Africa‘s first bottle fermented sparkling wine produced by the late Frans Malan in 1971, Kaapse Vonkel made a clean sweep at the 2009 WINE Magazine Amorim Cork Cap Classique Challenge by clinching both 1st a ... |
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| Simonsig Flagship Red, Now Bigger and Bolder | Tuesday, 11 May 2010 |
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Tiara 2006 magnum available with stylish gift boxThe bold and the beautiful takes on a whole new meaning at Simonsig Estate, with the debut of the cellars Bordeaux-style flagship Tiara, in a new magnum bottle.
The Tiara 2006 1.5 litre, which comes with a sophisticated gift box, exudes grandeur not only because of the wines award-winning pedigree but in size as well, with this classic blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (68%) and Merlot (32%) n ... |
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| Simonsig Welcomes New Winemaker In The Cellar | Tuesday, 11 May 2010 |
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Brimming with potential after challenging 2010 harvest
Born and raised in the Northern Province, winemaker Hannes Meyer has fulfilled a lifelong dream by joining Simonsig, tasked with making the Estates famed white wines and Mthode Cap Classique.
"I first discovered my deep-rooted passion for wine after moving to the Cape Winelands in 2007. I always had a great interest in agriculture but the success of the local wine ind ... |
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| Cold Comfort - Winter Wines - Bowled Over by Wine Soup | Tuesday, 11 May 2010 |
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Winter welcomes comfort foods such as hearty soups, stews and succulent roasts as the temperature takes a dive. To complete this cosy picture, wine choices migrate from light, crisp whites associated with summer to full-bodied, robust red wines. Crackling fireplace and toasted marshmallows optional.
Here are 5 winter warmers with easy-to-swallow price tags:
Arniston Bay Cabernet Sauvignon MerlotThis Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlo ... |
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| Michael Fridjhon Wine Experience Weekend | | | From 2010-09-04 to 2010-09-05 | | | The annual benchmarking event for food and wine lovers, this weekend showcasing a selection of top foreign wines caters for those with the finer taste... | | | Real Beer! Real Food! | | | Wednesday, 08 September 2010 | | | Wild Woods Bistro in Hout Bay will be serving five delicious courses with five delectable beers, all perfectly paired to provide one awesome evening. ... | | | Juliet Cullinan Standard Bank Wine Festival 2010 | | | From 2010-09-08 to 2010-09-09 | | | 2010 celebrates the 20th Juliet Cullinan Standard Bank Festival with a decade of sponsorship by Standard Bank. It is now the longest running private, ... | | | Robertson Wine Valley At Kloofzicht Lodge | | | From 2010-09-18 to 2010-09-19 | | | After many years of staging ever-popular annual festivals at home, such as Robertson Wine on the River and the Wacky Wine Weekend, the Robertson Wine ... | | | The Good Food and Wine Show Johannesburg | | | From 2010-09-23 to 2010-09-26 | | | The annual Good Food and Wine show attracts thousands of food and wine lovers. Taking place in every major city this year, there is no reason not to g... | | | Bordeaux Blends Wine Tasting Cape Town | | | Thursday, 23 September 2010 | | | Join WINE magazine for informative tastings of our top wines, held at the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town.... | | | Bordeaux Blends Wine Tasting Johannesburg | | | Thursday, 30 September 2010 | | | Join WINE magazine for informative tastings of our top wines, held at the Crowne Plaza in Johannesburg.... | | | Curtains, Clowns and Dining | | | Friday, 01 October 2010 | | | Dinner and a show is back in vogue, and Madame Zingara‘s Theatre of Dreams does it bigger and better. The Love Magic Tour 201 operates in a vint... | | | Cap Classique Challenge Wine Tasting Cape Town | | | Thursday, 14 October 2010 | | | Join WINE magazine for informative tastings of our top wines, held at the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town.... | | | Robertson Wine on the River | | | From 2010-10-15 to 2010-10-17 | | Now five years old, the Robertson Wine on the River will take place 15 - 17 October 2010.
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