On Friday I drove up to Whalley, in Lancashire, to take part in a tasting hosted by the Whalley Wine Shop, titled ‘The Night of 100 Wines’. It was my…
Recently on the main wineanorak site…
Lots of updates to the main wineanorak.com site in the last few weeks. In case you are a blog-only reader, I thought I’d draw your attention to them: Vin de…
An illustrated report from today’s big South African tasting
Spent an enjoyable few hours at today’s South African tasting, held in the rather dimly lit great hall at Vinopolis. The time passed quickly. There’s lot of interesting things going…
Dinner at Pierneef La Motte
Had a nice dinner last night at Pierneef La Motte, a new high-end restaurant in Franschhoek. It was a jolly crowd (pictured above, from left) – Michael Langenhoven (assistant winemaker,…
South Africa, day 2 – the Sauvignon seminar
It has been a really good day. Today was the SBIG seminar, and it was really well attended. The great and the good of the South African wine-making community gathered,…