Day three in the Cape
Today we headed off to an region that is relatively new on the UK wine map to Swartland, a region of iron rich clay and schist soils that is fast becoming on of the worlds most exciting wine regions. Here Rhone varieties do well, but as we discovered that isn’t all there is to it.
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Craggy Range Tasting
by Charles Hill On Friday evening, as part of our current New Zealand promotion, we were lucky enough to be joined here at our Banbury HQ by Warren Adamson, European Market Director at Craggy Range, to take us through a great selection of Craggy’s fantastic Vineyard Designated wines, with a special treat to finish from
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Day two in the Cape
Day two started very fast, I woke up at 8.20 knowing the our guide Gert was picking us up at 8.30. Still I had time for a shower, shave, pack and out before 8.35 which I thought was pretty good! First we went off to Klein Constantia where winemaker Adam Mason showed us the estate
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Arrival in Cape Town
After a long flight Toby and I have arrived in Cape Town for a week of wine tasting, experiencing South Africa and trying to get to grips with what is good as well as meeting some of our brilliant suppliers. Today has we’ve spend our day in Cape Town after arriving at out hotel around
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C J Pask
Chris Pask wasn’t always a wine man, in a previous life he flew crop dusting planes and whilst working on a contract over the old Ngaruroro river bed saw two things. First he saw farmers struggling with failed crops on the poor, free draining soils and then he realised that those soils weren’t so different
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TRY New Zealand this week-end!
This week-end we’re upping the ante in our New Zealand feature with a couple of tastings. In Leamington all day Friday and Saturday there’s a FREE in-store tasting of premium New Zealand wines including Man O’War Ironclad & Valhalla, Domain Road Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir and Felton Road Bannockburn Pinot Noir. Please contact our
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Waipara
Not to be confused with North Island’s similarly name Wairarapa (this one just has less syllables) has a cool climate and makes sensational Riesling and is another region that is making good Pinot Noir. There may only be 48 wineries here, but that number has doubled in the last five years and things look good
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Nelson
Nelson is New Zealand’s sunniest wine region although it is a little cooler that nearby Marlborough, with rolling hills and a climate that is heavily influenced by it’s proximity to the sea it is unsurprising that varieties that like cool climates and long growing seasons do particularly well. Of course Sauvignon Blanc is heavily planted
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