Posts Tagged ‘tops at spar’

Competition – 100 Women 100 Wines. Fancy yourself as a wine judge?

Tired of all the wine competitions?

Flummoxed by the endless lists of best Sauvignons? best this, best that?. 
Completely confused when you visit your local supermarket or bottle shop to buy wine?
How do you chose? Is it the label? Do you go on price? Name? The number of prize winning competition winning stickers?
Can the sales assistant help? How [...]

Gugulethu Wine Festival 2011.

 I haven’t had as much fun at a wine festival for a long time. 
There was a party atmosphere and such a feeling of fun amongst the crowd that even the scudding grey clouds and spattering rain was not going to dampen the 4,000 or so visitors enthusiasm. 
The organisers (the same people behind the Soweto Wine [...]

Wine of the Week. Ken Forrester 2010 Reserve Chenin Blanc.

Fruit, delicate oak and vanilla. Imagine dried apricots with a hint of vanilla and honey.
Delicious with seafood, shellfish and mild curries.
R70 at the Cellar Door, R75 Retail.
Available in the coming weeks in Picardi Rebel, Makro, Ultra Liquors, and Tops at Spar.
This is one of the nicest Chenins I have tasted in many months.

Neil Pendock’s wine of the month-Jordan Outlier, Sauvignon Blanc 2009.

Here are 10 good reasons you should try this wine.
1. It’s delicious.
2. It only costs R93, which is a steal for the quality.
3. It’s barrel fermented, resulting in a more characterful taste  than Sauvignon Blanc’s matured in stainless steel.
4. It has wonderful tasting notes of citrus, cut grass, gooseberries and a richly textured mouthfeel with a lovely sherbet [...]

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