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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Neil Pendock joins us again to share with us his wine of the past month. And it’s a Pinot Noir, a variety that South Africa is struggling to prove it can handle.
Here’s one that does, and ten reasons why, from Neil.
1. US publication Wine Spectator scored it a stellar 92 point (out of
100) rating last [...]
Wine of the Month: Vergenoegd Terrace Bay 2003, R70
Ten reasons why I am chosing this as my wine of the month.
1. Any wine this hard to pronounce must sell on quality alone;
2. When most tasting rooms are selling tired 2010 whites and tannic
2010 reds, to find someone offering an eight year old is a godsend;
3. Where [...]
Ho Ho Ho! Neil Pendock dons a seasonal baggy red duffle coat, dyes his beard and ‘tache white and saddles up Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolf to deliver Santa’s Secret Cellar: ten wines for festive cheers.
1. Stellenrust Timeless 2007: a Zen interpretation of a Bordeaux blend from the Bottelary Hills. [...]
When Tokyo Sexwale was a political prisoner on Robben Island in the seventies, I bet he looked over at the Suider Terras vineyard on Bloemendal farm and wished Jackie Coetzee would delay his harvest as too acidic Sauvignon Blanc is the bane of the grassy green varietal which is the most popular single cultivar white [...]
I am delighted to welcome Neil Pendock on board as a contributor to Spill.
Authoritative, incisive, articulate and entertaining, he is South Africa’s leading wine commentator.
Neil will be writing once a month for us about goings on in the world of wine.
De Wetshof Riesling 2009
“We grubbed up our Riesling vineyard as I needed wood for my [...]
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