There’s a news story on Decanter at the moment concerning plans by the EU to lift the ban on new planting of vineyards. Wine regions throughout Europe are opposing plans…
The official Swartland Revolution film!
Brilliantly put together by Sebastien!
Less oak, more folk – guest blog post by Daniel Primack
I’ve been blogging here for 10 years now, and I think (if my memory serves me correctly) that this is the first guest blog post. It’s by Daniel Primack of…
A bit of a rant about icon wines
While I was in South Africa, I noticed that quite a few wine estates now produce icon wines, retailing at Rand 500+. The icon wine now seems to be an…
Cape Point
One of the treasures of the western Cape is Cape Point. An absolute must visit if you are in South Africa. We had a great day there.
In Riebeek Kasteel, and a visit to the Wine Kollective seems in order
So I arrived in Cape Town this morning, picked up a tiny, under-powered rental car, and headed out to Riebeek Kasteel, in the Swartland. Tomorrow, the Revolution begins. I got…
Off to South Africa
I’ll very shortly be boarding a plane to head off to Cape Town. I’m really looking forward to returning to South Africa for the second time this year. It’s a…
Why you need a dog
Or two dogs. We’ve been dog owners for five years now. For almost a year, we have had two of them. Everyone should have a dog. On one level they…
When critics disagree, again
I’ve just been involved in another one of those twitter tussles about controversial wine topics. This time it was, fortunately, a fairly good natured discussion about the results of the…