Monthly Archives: October 2008
Ed’s note: We are very lucky to have the OK from John and Lynne Ford to publish their Main Ingredient newsletter on the Wines Online Blog. Main Ingredient offers gourmet foods, ingredients and fine wines. It has won Eat In … Continue reading
Edo Heyns is the charming wine writer from Wineland and Fynproe. There is more to him than meets the eye – he has studied viticulture and oenology, and also practises what he preaches with his nocturnal garagiste wine making activities. … Continue reading
At a social wine tasting last week, Stormhoek’s 2007 Pinotage was the hands down overall favourite out of the six wines tasted. Stormhoek also featured in the whites – with the 2008 Sauvignon Blanc getting the thumbs up. Stormhoek kindly … Continue reading
Ed’s note: We are very lucky to have the OK from John and Lynne Ford to publish their Main Ingredient newsletter on the Wines Online Blog. Main Ingredient offers gourmet foods, ingredients and fine wines. It has won Eat In … Continue reading
I arrived at the Cape Town public tasting of the Veritas award winners totally unprepared and was greeted by the sight of hundreds of wine farms displaying their award-winning wines. I needed a plan of attack and I needed it … Continue reading
I’ve always had a soft spot for the Mount Nelson – and not only due to the marvellous camp factor of all that pink paint. So I was pretty excited to be heading over to the Nellie last week for … Continue reading
As promised, I nobly set aside my Friday afternoon to investigate organic wines at the Go Natural & Organic festival at the CTICC. It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it! So the verdict is that you can … Continue reading
Ed’s note: We are very lucky to have the OK from John and Lynne Ford to publish their Main Ingredient newsletter on the Wines Online Blog. Main Ingredient offers gourmet foods, ingredients and fine wines. It has won Eat In … Continue reading
This is a new Wines Online series looking at South African garagiste wine makers – those amateur wine makers doing amazing things with grapes and pushing the envelop outside of a commercial winemaking operation. In a later article I’ll look … Continue reading
