Category Archives: South Africa

Tasting Note: Palladius 2005, The Sadie Family, Swartland

By winecase | Published: June 3, 2008
I’ve been a little quiet, these days, and it’s not because I haven’t been thinking about wine. On the contrary, I’ve been coordinating (and hosting) the 14th edition of the Vendredis du Vin, the French-language equivalent of the Wine Blogging Wednesdays. We had a great time with this collective tasting on unusual wines, which led [...]
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Matassa meets Montreal and Manhattan

By winecase | Published: April 8, 2008
My good friend and winemaker extraordinaire Tom Lubbe is hopping over the Pond, next week, to showcase his wines in Montreal and New York City. I’m an absolute fan of Matassa Wines, a Domaine I had the chance to visit. A great week walking through the (biodynamic) vineyards, tasting the grapes, packing bottles into cases, [...]
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Wine. Improved by ice cubes.

By winecase | Published: November 15, 2007
A rather mind-boggling (or perhaps simply horrifying) story in the Globe and Mail, today. Some South African wine producers have been “redesigning” their rosé wines, so that they taste better served over ice cubes. As they try to appeal to a young, urbane crowd, these producers want to turn their wines into a cool kind [...]
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Kiwi (or is that grapefruit?) overdose

By winecase | Published: September 21, 2007
I really can’t stand it anymore. The grapefruit-fennel-green-pepper creature they call sauvignon blanc, in places down under. Really. I’ve had it. It’s like I’ve just had too much chocolate cake or sugar pie. The simple idea of eating more is repulsive. I had some Kim Crawford sauvignon blanc from New Zealand, the other day, and now [...]
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