Jan 03 2013
Boere preparing to take on Bordeaux together with a representative from WIETA.
Heading off to Arcachon outside Bordeaux later this month, part of my visit will entail presenting a tasting of South African wines to some local journalists, rugby players and vignerons. As the first American on French soil during D-Day said: “There ain’t no free lunch.”
Jul 15 2012
Like the rich, the French are different. In what way? Well, going into detail cannot be done before proper broadband comes to South Africa as the reasoning is bound to be expansive.
Wine, for example, is one area in which the French are different from other nations.
Still the greatest wine country on earth. Has been and always will be. Blah.Blah. Agreed.
In the spirit of Bastille Day celebrations, thus, IΓÇÖd like to take a look at five South African winemakers who to my mind have ΓÇô knowingly or otherwise ΓÇô been infected with French genes of vinous brilliance. Doubting Thomases can taste it in their wines.
Oct 24 2011
Chatting to a Pinot Noir maker a while back, the dude flicked the hair from his eyes and said that Jan Boland Coetzee was probably the best Pinot exponent in South Africa. ΓÇ£But unlucky for him, heΓÇÖs farming in the wrong region.ΓÇ¥