In the grip of Grappa
© Cape Times Friday 16th August 2013 “Waste not, want not” was my grandmother’s mantra. She was a child of austerity, living through two world wars and bringing up her…
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5th August 2019
Hard work pays off
© Cape Times Friday 19th July 2013 “Wine doesn’t like change, especially not with people.” That’s the opinion of Carl Schultz, now celebrating his twentieth year making wine at Hartenberg…
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5th August 2019
Super Chenin
© Cape Times Friday 14th June 2013 When it comes to South Africa’s signature grape, it’s very easy to paraphrase Pliny and say ‘Ex Chenin semper aliquid novi’ – there…
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5th August 2019
Tastes of the Med
© Cape Times Friday 15th March 2013 Have you ever thought how strange it is that we are all totally familiar with Italian food yet most of us know hardly…
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5th August 2019
The Koshu of Katsunuma by Leigh-Ann Luckett
Japan, and especially the Katsunuma valley we were visiting, prides itself on their local grape varietals, mostly so Koshu & Muscat Bailey A. Having sampled mass-produced examples of both on…
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5th August 2019
Looking for the best wines
© Cape Times Friday 16th September 2016 Spring has sprung and once again, springing along with it, comes competition time. A whole host of different awards have been judged and…
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5th August 2019