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A slinki Stanko, a Pedra de Guix and the Gauls are invading
Our friends Obelix and Asterix hosted a peaceful tasting of what is now fashionably called ‘natural’ wines. On the evening, all were naturally outstanding, and my… read more
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I am starting to learn about the kind of wine I actually do like…
After 38 years in the wine business (NOT trade) and I am just getting to the stage where I am starting to learn about the kind… read more
One hundred & eight and Out!
Cow tail, choclo (corn on the cob), pork tail and pork chop, roast beef, carrots, cabbage, sausage, blood sausage, tongue, bacon, rice, chicken and spinach. With… read more
End of an era ora (long live Revuelto Gramajo)
Much to my shock, I read this week that one of the great Buenos Aires classics that opened back in the early 1940’s, has just closed it’s doors forever.
from Bombay to Bordeaux (via Burgundy and a Barbus Macedonicus) and almost back again…
Having just returned to the office, after a few days (sorry weeks), away on Wine Tastings, Wine Meetings and Wine Dinners, including a fascinating Indian Cuisine Masterclass
GoB Smacked
Swartland wine producers appear to have lost their legal battle to stop sandmining in Paardeberg, a move which Eben Sadie says threatens to undermine 20 years’… read more
Bee Dee for me
Over the last ten or so years, I keep hearing the term (within the wine world) Organic and Biodynamic being thrown around, almost, in the same… read more
Roundabout roundup READY!
I want to share with you good folk that this year has been the worst trading year that I can remember. Not just in the fine wine… read more
The Legend Wine Museum
103 of the world`s iconic wines in one place; a wine museum for the next generation, and the one after