Grapes of good hope / South African wine freed from apartheid's shackles

Grapes of good hope / South African wine freed from apartheid's shackles – (curated as of interest to Helderberg Wine Route and Cape Town).

Saddle leather and Band-Aid aromas are not hallmarks of terroir (the combination of climate and soil that gives wine a sense of place) as some wineries once claimed; modern winemakers know those aromas come from spoilage organisms. Until recently, some …
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Unterwegs auf der Garden Route: Naturerlebnis vor grosser Kulisse – (curated as of interest to Helderberg Wine Route and Cape Town).

Auf Reisen entdeckt man die schönsten Kleinode oft per Zufall, beispielsweise die Lourensford Winery am Fusse der Helderberg Mountains in Somerset West, rund 45 Kilometer ausserhalb Kapstadts gelegen. Auf dem Programm hatte eigentlich das Weingut …
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A Dearth of Bottles for SA Wine Industry – (curated as of interest to Helderberg Wine Route and Cape Town).

Thierry's Buying Manager in SA confirms this claim, saying their operations locally are short of almost half a million bottles for one order destined for the UK. “We will have to decide by the end of the week whether to export wine in bulk or to import …
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Polkadraai Hills – The most beautiful route in Stellenbosch – (curated as of interest to Helderberg Wine Route and Cape Town).

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