Archive for March, 2009
Ladies Label Best Competition
This is a quick reminder to send in your wine label designs to stand a chance to win 1200 ZAR worth of wine delivered to your door! The Grand prize is courtesy of Wineweb and Cape Grape & Wine Company.
The closing date for the My Wine Cellar Ladies Label Best competition is 31st May 2009… [...]
The Opposite of Sweet is Sour
If wine on one side of the spectrum can be described as sweet, then why do we describe wine on the opposite side of the spectrum as dry? It’s not dry, but neither is it sour… in most cases!
The simple answer to this question is that the term ‘dry’ refers to sugar content rather than [...]
Wine Tasting with Caroline’s Fine Wines
This Thursday Danie de Wet, the current chairman of KWV and owner of De Wetshof Estate, will present a range of Chardonnays from the Robertson region.
Host: Danie de Wet
Date: Thursday 26th March 2009
Time: 18h00 – 20h00
Location: Caroline’s Fine Wines, Shop 44, Matador centre, 62 Strand Street, Cape Town
Cost: 65 ZAR p/p
To make your booking, [...]
Pinotage: Love it or Hate it
The ‘Pinotage debate’ always seems to leave me disillusioned. I can’t really understand why the debate is perpetuated, and can only conclude that poor Pinotage is a wine variety that people love to hate.
To me it is quite simple. Pinotage is a wine variety like any other. It has its own unique characteristics, that some [...]
The Importance of Wine Blogging
I think as someone who blogs about wine, and particularly the South African wine industry, I feel a certain sense of responsibility towards the wine community as a whole. I believe we, as proud flag bearers of the SA wine industry, have an obligation to support the industry.
I’m certainly not trying to sell the [...]
Win Wine with My Wine Cellar!
Who said Friday the 13th was unlucky!? J Listen up friends and family of My Wine Cellar… It’s competition time!
The competition idea was born from recent online discussions regarding how women select wine in the store. It was suggested that the wine label could be central to a women’s wine selection. Well, there’s only [...]
Facts and Figures of the SA Wine Industry
For your interest, and indeed mine, I have compiled some facts and figures of the South African wine industry that might be of interest to you of My Wine Cellar…
Wine was first produced in the Cape in 1659 under instruction from Jan van Riebeeck.
Constantia is the oldest wine-making region in the southern hemisphere.
The South African [...]
Coq au Vin
Coq au Vin, or ‘rooster in wine’ for those english speakers among us, is a traditional French dish consisting of mushrooms, lardons, garlic, wine and of course… chicken.
There are many variants of this dish stemming from different regions of France, but I found this slightly ‘modernised’ version which could be considered the healthy alternative. I [...]
Burgundy and Other Wine Jargon
To the wine naive, like Bordeaux, the concept of Burgundy (Bourgogne or Vin de Bourgogne in French) can be mildly confusing at times. Burgundy is a wine-growing region in eastern France famed for its superior wines. The most famous of Burgundy wines are red wines made from Pinot Noir grapes or white wines made from [...]
