SAUVIGNON BLANC IS THE MOST POPULAR WHITE WINE CATEGORY IN THE COUNTRY. CHEERS LINED UP A PANEL AND PLIED THEM WITH A FEW WIDESPREAD EXAMPLES TO COMPARE.
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SLAVE TO FASHION
THE CRISP, ZESTY REFRESHMENT SAUVIGNON BLANC OFFERS DURING THE SOUTH AFRICAN SUMMER CAN’T BE BEAT. FIONAL MCDONALD LOOKS THIE WHITE WINE AND HOW IT HAS CHANGED IN THE PAST TWO DECADES.
RANDOM FACTOIDS
IT MIGHT SOUND LIKE THE SORT OF THING YOU’D FIND ON THE INSIDE OF A BUBBLE-GUM WRAPPER, BUT DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE 20 MILLION BUBBLES IN A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE? WELL THERE ARE!
SPECIAL CUVÉE
GRAHAM BECK CAP CLASSIQUE – IT ALL BEFAN MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO WHEN MINING MAGNATE GRAHAM BECK BOUGHT A FARM IN ROBERTSON, SUBSEQUENTLY NAMED MADEBA.
CAP CLASSIQUE
NOTCHING UP A HALF CENTURY IS A SPECIAL MILESTONE, WHETHER AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR AN ORGANISATION. 2021 IS A CELEBRATORY ONE FOR FANS OF SOUTH AFRICA’S SPARKLING WINE.
EMERGING FROM MT. FUJI’S SHADOW
“WINE”. IT’S NOT A WORD YOU WOULD READILY ASSOCIATE WITH JAPAN – MOUNT FUJI, CHERRY BLOSSOMS, SAMURAI, SUSHI, RICE, SAKE AND BULLET TRAINS WOULD PROBABLY TOP THE LIST.
AMBROSIA!
NOBLE LATE HARVEST, VIN DE PAILLE, NATURAL SWEET, MUSCADEL AND JEREPIGO. WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT? FIONA MCDONAL COVERS THE BASICS OF SWEET WINE 101.
RETURN OF THE LIGHT RED
RED WINE, ENJOYED WITH LUNCH OF A SUNNY SUMMER’S DAY MIGHT SEEM QUITE HARDCORE. BUT WHEN CHILLED AND MADE FROM CINSAUT OR GRENACHE, IT IS QUITE DELICIOUS.
LET’S GET FIZZICAL
THE QUESTION “WHAT DO CREMANT, MOUSSEUX AND PROSECCO HAVE IN COMMON? WOULD BE A GREAT ONE FOR TRIVIA NIGHT IN YOUR LOCAL PUB, WRITES FIONA MCDONALD. THE ANSWER CAN BE GLEANED FROM THE STORY BELOW.
THE POPULARITY OF PINK
WHY ROSÉ WINE IS ON EVERYONE’S LIPS IS A QUESTION WHICH FORMER YOUNG WINE WRITER OF THE YEAR, TSHEPANG MOLISANA WANTED ANSWERED. HERE IS WHAT SHE FOUND IN HER RESEARCH.