Wines

Getting to know Kleinboet

3 October 2009

We have become regular visitors to Stanford, a village about 15 minutes’ drive beyond Hermanus. The main street, with its typically platteland (country) architecture, is dominated by the steepled Dutch Reformed Church – much like a French village, actually, except that the church is not Gothic. In the side streets one can find some pretty [...]

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Pallet-Friendly Wines

17 September 2009

I have a friend who says Puritan when he means to say purist, and penultimate when something is the best ever. The depth of our friendship is such that I would never point out his error; I do, after all, know what he means. Nevertheless, my purist heart cringes very slightly every time he mangles [...]

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Celebrating Women

11 August 2009

South Africa has 12 public holidays, which theoretically means we have an extra day off every month of the year. However, it doesn’t quite work out that way, because of a concentration of holidays around March and April. We’re also really good at watching the calendar, so when a holiday falls on a Thursday it’s [...]

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[New oak] barrels make the most noise

31 July 2009

I have a friend who once a year holds what he calls a Cellar Rationalisation Party (CRP). This gathering not only does double-duty as his birthday celebration, but is also a useful outlet for wines that he describes as being “well past their rack life or of a style that we no longer choose to [...]

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