My Wine Facts
Wine Scores at 2010 FIFA World Cup
It’s 10 days after the official opening of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and the tournament is well on its way in South Africa. About 3 million match tickets have been sold, and an estimated 200 000 international visitors are expected to attend the month-long event.
If every visitor were to buy just one [...]
Size Does Matter
You might already be familiar with the names given to different bottle sizes such as the 1,5 litre Magnum or the 3 litre Jeroboam perhaps… but did you know that there are officially 24 different bottle sizes?!
Mostly named after Biblical Kings, check out the list bellow of all 24 bottle sizes and their respective names:
Name [...]
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 [...]
The Worlds Most Expensive Wine
Ever wondered what the world’s most expensive bottle of wine is? I’ll tell you… it’s a 1787 Chateau Lafite sold at a London auction in 2003 for a staggering 160 000 USD! (see picture below). The bottle of Bordeaux had belonged to third American president, Thomas Jefferson, and was bought by a Thomas Jefferson memorabilia collector.
What [...]
The Origin of Wine
Ever wondered where wine comes from? Grapes of course J But seriously, where did wine first ‘begin’? Well, let me first say that it wasn’t in France… in fact neither was it anywhere in Europe!
‘I guess you could say wine production has come a long way since 6000BC.’
Archaeological evidence has suggested that wine, made by [...]
Wine: A Complex Concoction
Ever wondered what it is that’s swimming around in your wine glass? Quite a lot actually. There are believed to be almost 1000 ‘ingredients’ identified in wine, and more yet to be discovered.
Wine is 85% water with a varying alcohol content that averages 12%. Many different acids are present, tartaric and malic being the most [...]
