Category Archives: Wine tasting
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
It was all about blends at the latest Wine Magazine public tasting yesterday – Bordeaux blends to be specific. And I think it is fair to say that South Africa is not too shabby at cooking up a good blend. … Continue reading
