A Flamenco whirl of colour, swirling flounces and pretty ladies
This
has been a week of wine awards and wine tasting, but we have a bit of relief for
you if you aren’t a wine enthusiast. One of our Iberian stories is about a
Portuguese winery, but we are sure that you’ll enjoy our story about our time
in Seville. Click on the links to open the stories
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The Old Mutual Trophy Awards lunch
Time to hear
who the winners are this year at the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Awards. Held this
year at the Mount Nelson Hotel over lunch, there were some nice surprises and a
few foregone conclusions, knowing the quality of the producers. Janice Fridjhon
and Taryn Vincent of Outsorceress Marketing are who organise these events so ably. The
public tasting will be held at the CTICC on June 13th See the winners and the lunch here
Shiraz SA Awards
We are great
fans of good South African Shiraz; we believe that this cultivar is well suited
to our climate and terroir. This year's Awards ceremony was held over lunch at
Rhebokskloof wine estate in Paarl and we were able to taste the top 25 and ten
blends before the awards. A total of 192 wines (36 blends and 156 single
varietal wines) from every wine making region was submitted this year.
Shiraz,
or Syrah to give it its other name (there is no difference in the wine, just a
nod to whether it is in a certain Northern or a Southern Rhône style), can be
made in many different styles. Do we make Syrah? Some think we are just being
pretentious. Can you charge more if it’s called by a French name? We should make Shiraz in the many South
African styles, and how closely those can and should resemble styles from
France, Australia, California, South America, Italy, sunny Spain or even chilly
New Zealand – or any other areas that grow this grape - is up for a long
debate. Photographs and more here…
Wine Tasting for the Championship team at The Taj, Cape
Town
This interesting wine tasting
competition has the wine industry abuzz each year and lots of wine people rush
to enter so that they can show off their tasting skills. Why? Because, if you
are one of the winners, you get a trip to the International Championship which
is held overseas and the trip is phenomenal. Not only do you compete, but you
get to visit various wine areas and are hosted. You will taste amazing wines
and meet important people in the international wine industry. And all you have
to do to win is know which wines you are tasting. Easier said than done.
Because
John was guiding a wine tour that morning, we were a little late in
arriving. What happens is that there is
a wine tasting in one room and you need to taste everything and remember what
you tasted. Then you go into the competition room where you taste five white wines
and five red wines, blind, and you have to identify them. Name the varietals
and the farms they are from, their vintages and other information that is
required. And answer some industry questions. Easy!
What’s on the Menu this week. A Potjie!
(For our foreign readers it’s a
casserole cooked on an open fire in a metal three legged pot, but you can just cook
it in a good heavy metal and enamel pot on your hob)
Quick and simple, especially if you are not feeling so well but need to produce
a filling and good supper. And if you buy those packs of ready prepared potjie
vegetables, all you have to do is tip them in. You can use any vegetables you
like in a casserole. Open the Farm Boerewors Casserole recipe here
7th June 2018
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