Catégorie : wine
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Vin & Histoire: Malvasia
The prestige of Venice today is (sadly) best displayed in her touristic presence on the world map of Instagram. However, this was not always the case. Prior to the fall of the Most Serene Republic, Venezia commanded respect in military and commercial power alike. While…
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Vineyard: Nativo
Western Cape, South Africa It’s not the simplest task in the world finding the Hughes Family Wines. You’re unlikely to find any of their bottles in your local supermarket, and if you’re not prudent enough to follow Kiki’s email’s instructions very carefully, you’re even less…
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2021: Year of (Prosecco) Rosé
A good couple of months ago, when we were just starting to shed our winter layers in favour of milder twenty-something degree days, I said to my partner: “2021 is rosé year”. As an initial explanation, I played into the emotional reasoning, waxing poetic on…
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Heat Waves: Good wine gone bad
It’s safe to say that fairly few winemakers go about trying to make bad wine (Tassenberg, La Villageoise and Est! Est!! Est!!!, I’m looking at you). However, even when the producer is able to deliver a perfectly good bottle of wine – things can go…
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Acidity vs. Tannins
Some wines are unashamedly easy to read. Their fruits are easy to pick up on, and all the other characteristics are laid bare for even a novice to identify. Others are trickier, requiring a few minutes of smelling, tasting, re-smelling and re-tasting, as well as…
