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Acclaimed Israeli winery sets sights on the wider world
27 August 2010 - RAMAT RAZIEL, .google.com/hostednews
The wines produced at Domaine Du Castel near Jerusalem have turned the world of Kosher wine on its head, winning accolades from around the world, and now this small, family-owned winery has set its sites on the broader market.

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Zandvliet's Enon Range at Clinton Dinner
27 August 2010 - Zandvliet Estate
Zandvliet's Enon range served during an evening with President Bill Clinton.

Zandvliet's Enon range was one of three De Wet family wines from the Robertson Valley served at a charity dinner hosted by Bill Clinton.

This article has been read 237 times

Big And Beautiful
27 August 2010 - Nederburg Auction
They have been described as gorgeously rounded, velvety-textured and vastly seductive, capable of adding a thrilling edge of modernity to classical favourites and as real, local gems.  Sthe Mfuphi (alto and mezzo soprano), Michelle Thomas (alto) and Bulelwa Cosa (mezzo soprano) are the trio of rich-voiced Cape divas who sing under the name of Three Tons of Fun.  They will be entertaining guests at next week's Nederburg Auction in Paarl on Saturday, September 4.

This article has been read 390 times

Distell Undeterred by Current Market, Focuses on Future Fitness
27 August 2010 - Distell Group Limited
Distell has posted year-on-year revenue growth of 8.7% to R11.8 billion on a sales volume increase of 7.3% for the 12 months to June 30, 2010.

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Bosman's at Grande Roche hosts inaugural Nederburg Auction Dinner
27 August 2010 - Nederburg Auction
For the first time in the event's history, the Nederburg Wine Auction will give the public an exclusive taste of rare wines paired with gourmet cuisine on the eve of the auction on August 28th.

This article has been read 162 times

Entries open for Diners Club Winemaker and Young winemaker of the year award
27 August 2010 - Diners Club South Africa
Entries for the Diners Club Winemaker of the Year Award, one of the longest running and most prestigious awards for the South African wine industry, are now being awaited, says Diners Club Western Cape regional manager Jane Ledger.

This article has been read 185 times

Dik Delta Culinary Garden Bears Fruit at Solms-Delta
27 August 2010 - Solms-Delta
Wine estate furthers heritage commitment with large-scale indigenous garden

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16th Vintage of Southern Right Sauvignon blanc released
27 August 2010 - Southern Right
With the beautiful, mineral, top scoring Southern Right 2009 Sauvignon blanc sold out by mid-August, the 2010 is now available for sale. The wine is expected to retail in South Africa for around R85 per bottle and was bottled in the first week of August.

This article has been read 157 times

Sometimes... It's about a leap of faith - Discovery Is Like That...
27 August 2010 - WOSA
So join us on the journey and discover for yourself...

This article has been read 282 times

Saignee, spinning cones and terroirists
26 August 2010 - Jonathan Snashall, huntergatherervintner.blogspot.
Militant French winemaker group CRAV are known to detonate explosives and commit arson in protest against legislative changes that threaten their livelihoods while terroirists - their virtual namesakes - are also known to get pretty puffed up about how their particular patch of soil, topography and climate influence their wine quality and style.

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Paarl wineries support Cultivaria
26 August 2010 - Paarl Cultivaria
The 2010 edition of the Cultivaria arts festival with title sponsors FNB and Drakenstein municipality will not only be a feast for entertainment lovers, but wine enthusiasts will also have ample opportunity to sample some of the most popular wines from the region. From 23 - 26 September, festival goers will be able to enjoy wines from Simonsvlei.

This article has been read 239 times

Landskroon Paul de Villiers Shiraz does it again!
26 August 2010 - Paul de Villiers
Landskroon, the historic family wine farm on the slopes of Paarl Mountain renowned for its big reds and port, has done exceptionally well at the recent Paarl and South African Young Wine Shows.

This article has been read 235 times

Two SA Champions for Boplaas
26 August 2010 - Carel Nel
Boplaas received two SA Champion Trophies at the SA Young Wine Show held at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West recently.

This article has been read 199 times

Pongrácz sponsors Formal Tasting arena at inaugural Dorp Street MCC and Champagne Festival
26 August 2010 - Anine Rabie
Pongrácz, South Africa's leading Méthode Cap Classique, will be hosting formal tutored tastings of leading Cap Classique and French Champagne at the inaugural Dorp Street MCC and Champagne Festival to be held at the Black Horse centre in Stellenbosch on Saturday, 28 August 2010.

This article has been read 176 times

SA Young Wine workshop - a glimpse behind the scenes
26 August 2010 - SA Young Wine
About 40 emerging assistant winemakers, cellar and vineyard workers were given their first-ever close-up look behind the scenes of a wine competition.

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Drostdy-Hof Winemakers Collection Launched in new 3-litre Slimpack
26 August 2010 - Drostdy Hof Wines
Drostdy-Hof, generous wines with a rich heritage of quality and consistency, have extended their Winemakers Collection with new convenient, value- for-money 3-litre slimpacks for four of their most popular cultivar wines.

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Waterkloof wine estate extends its green brigade
25 August 2010 - Waterkloof wine estate
Waterkloof Estate, home to 120 hectares of fynbos and vines on the idyllic outskirts of the Helderberg Winelands, has welcomed three new Percheron horses to its 'green brigade', all eager to take bio-dynamic farming in their stride.

This article has been read 236 times

Wine, sweat and dirt in Wellington
25 August 2010 - Wellington Wine Route
The Wellington Gravel Travel mountain bike event, sponsored by Olympic, takes place at Diemersfontein Wine and Country Estate on 28 August 2010

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Val De Vie Wine and Polo Estate appoints new winemaker
25 August 2010 - Jess Webb
Val de Vie Wine and Polo Estate is proud to welcome its new winemaker, Harold Versfeld on board. Having honed most of his winemaking skills abroad, Harold will now oversee all winemaking processes at Val de Vie, with Bruwer Raats (from Raats Family Vineyards) acting as a consultant on some of the varietals.

This article has been read 289 times

Blues Celebrates Food and Wine Pairings with Glen Carlou Winery
25 August 2010 - Greater Than
Continuing on BLUES' three month campaign of food and wine pairings in celebration of 23 years in the business, the world renowned restaurant in Camps Bay has announced that they will partner with Glen Carlou Winery on 26 August for an evening of pure culinary indulgence.

This article has been read 207 times

Stellenbosch Retain Backsberg Wine-Tasting Trophy
25 August 2010 - Backsberg
Stellenbosch University's Wine Society retained the Backsberg Vino Varsity Trophy over the week-end with a stunning victory over the Universities of Cape Town and Wits.

This article has been read 250 times

Bell Bottoms, Honky Tonk Woman and Edelkeur
25 August 2010 - Nederburg Auction
Back in the day when South Africans were glued to their radio sets listening to the first landing on the moon, when going to the movies was the entire evening's entertainment and if you were anything from 10 to 25 you yearned to share in the nirvana of Woodstock, Carnaby Street and bell bottoms, Günter Brözel was setting the issues of the world aside to coax South Africa's very first noble late harvest wine into being.

This article has been read 348 times

Moderate Wine Drinking Stimulates the Brain
25 August 2010 - Smaranda Biliuti, news.softpedia.com/news/
People that moderately drink alcohol, especially wine, have better performances at cognitive tests, a prospective study of 5033 men and women in the Tromsř Study in northern Norway reports. Wine has several antioxidants, or polyphenols, and other substances that help reduce cognitive decline caused by aging.

This article has been read 651 times

Attacking America
25 August 2010 - Neil Pendock
Neil Pendock questions the wisdom of launching icon wines at the well-defended American market.

This article has been read 789 times

Semillon Comes up Trumps at SA Young Wine Awards
24 August 2010 - SA Young Wine Awards
A Sémillon from Flagstone Winery beat more than 2 000 contenders to clinch the title of 2010 SA Champion Young Wine on Thursday 19 August 2010. This cultivar was honoured with the sought-after General Smuts Trophy - the highest honour to be bestowed upon a young wine - for the first time since 1952. This wine was also crowned SA Champion Sémillon

This article has been read 344 times

Absa Top 10 Competition Judging
24 August 2010 - Pinotage Association
The Standard Improves Every Year
This year's Absa Top 10 Competition was judged on 13 August at Longridge Wine Cellar - the beautiful winter's day was further enhanced by the graceful setting.

This article has been read 365 times

Twins in the Loire
24 August 2010 - Nikki Lordan, WINE.CO.ZA
Almost twins, the only difference between Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé seems to be the people who produce the wines.

This article has been read 513 times

New BEE manager for VinPro
24 August 2010 - VinPro Information Centre
Johan Giliomee, an experienced consultant in black economic empowerment, has been appointed as BEE Advisory Service manager at VinPro.

This article has been read 216 times

Bringing MCC and Champagne back to its home in SA!
24 August 2010 - Jonathan Steyn
In 1971 South Africa's premier wine producing region, Stellenbosch, released the country's first wine modelled on the famous sparkling wines of the Champagne region in France. 39 years later, we have the privilege of announcing the arrival of the inaugural Dorp Street MCC and Champagne festival.

This article has been read 230 times

Warming trends may change global wine map
24 August 2010 - REUTERS, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
The wine industry may be among the very few in which a leading figure will smile broadly when asked about climate change and declare, "I love it."

This article has been read 340 times




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