Archive for November, 2009
Guess the Wine Farm – No. 4
This time I’ve gone a bit easy on you for this edition of ’Guess the Wine Farm’
Today’s wine estate, known for its signature Sauvignon’s and Semillons, is tucked away against the mountainside and boasts a luxury hotel and 18-hole golf course.
Can you guess the wine farm?
Cheers!
Brandon Marc
100 and Counting!
My Wine Cellar has exceeded 100 posts and still going strong! Thank you to the My Wine Cellar family for your enthusiastic participation and support. Here’s my motivational quote for the day:
Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.
- Henry Ford
Cheers!
Brandon Marc
Boutique Wine: A Mystery Unto Itself!
The term ‘Boutique Wine’ or ‘Boutique Winery’ has been grossly overused. Evidence of this is apparent in the many different definitions given to the term:
‘If a winery makes less than 2,000 cases a year, it’s considered a boutique winery’
‘If a winery makes less than 5,000 cases a year, it’s considered a boutique winery’
‘Boutique wines come [...]
My NEW Online Wine Store!
I am proud to present to you My Wine Cellar’s new Online Wine Store! As before, with eWine you can purchase all your favourite South African wines with just a click of a button. In this way you can have South African wine delivered right to your door, to almost any location worldwide!
So what [...]
Tastes Like Home!
The first locally produced single-grain Whisky has been produced in South Africa. Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky, made exclusively from local grain, was produced by master distiller Andy Watts at the James Sedgwick Distillery in Wellington.
According to Watts, the Whisky offers ‘toffee, vanilla and floral aromas, with spicy flavours softened by sweet undertones’. Bain’s was subjected [...]
