More from South Africa: the day in pictures
Some pictures from a truly exciting day spent in Tulbagh, Paardeberg and Paarl.
Eben Sadie, who makes some of South Africa's very best red and white wines.
Bush-vine Carignan at Vonderling, Paardeberg
Flowering Cabernet Sauvignon, Vonderling
A Nomblot concrete egg next to a barrel, Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards (TMV)
Worm compost, TMV (and Rebecca the winegrower's hands)
The view at TMV
Chris and Andrea Mullineux, Mullineux wines, Riebecke, Swartland
Paul Nicholls of TMV with his bush-vine Mourvedre
La Capra, an exciting new brand from Charles Back's Fairview, PaarlLabels: south africa
posted by Jamie @ 9:28 PM
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Do they use compost on the vineyard?
Sigh...I will have to wait until May in California to see Cabernet sauvignon flowering again.
The different hemispheres are wonderful :)
Hi Jamie,
It was a pleasure meeting with you yesterday. I trust that the rest of your tasting went well.
Jealous!
Which Columellae did you try?
looking forward for notes on Eben Sadie's wines
this particular compost is made into a tea which acts as a microbial inoculum when sprayed in the vineyard
chris - nice to meet you
alex - the 2007 - massive wine, almost a bit un-Eben, but lovely
The vine planting density looks very low for the Carignan and Mourvedre. Are they old vines or is this normal. Great pics....at least the sun shone for a short while!
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