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Cape Wine Routes - South Africa Accommodation, Hotels / South ...

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Winelands South Africa | Wine Tours, Accommodation, Wine Farms ...

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Western Cape Wine Estates - South Africa Accommodation | Largest ...

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Western Cape Wine - A Guide to the Wines of Western Cape

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Sommelier Miguel Chan Wine Journal: Fleur du Cap wines express ...

Resolute to harness the full potential of the unique biodiversity and micro climates of the Cape Floral Kingdom, Fleur du Cap draws on a wide variety of meticulously selected terroirs spanning four Western Cape wine growing ...

KWV Classic Collection Western Cape Tawny Dessert Wine 93 Points

KWV Classic Collection Western Cape Tawny Dessert Wine 93 Points. www.kwv-wines.com. Clear, bright, bronze with garnet rim, medium plus concentration, high viscosity. Clean, high intensity, showing maturity of a tawny ...

Wineries in the Western Cape: Black Oystercatcher

The kiwi's who I know whom have visited wineries in the western cape and tried western cape wines, were not impressed with the wine they tried. I also did not think it was very good when I first came to SA, but after living here ...

KWV The Mentors Western Cape Orchestra 2010 93 Points

KWV The Mentors Western Cape Orchestra 2010 93 Points. www.kwv-wines.com. Medium clear, bright, ruby red with purple rim, medium plus concentration, high viscosity. Clean, high intensity, perfume, lifted ripe ...

Sommelier Miguel Chan Wine Journal: KWV The Mentors Western ...

KWV The Mentors Western Cape Semillon 2011 93 Points. www.kwv-wines.com. Clear, day bright, pale green, medium concentration, medium plus viscosity. Clean, pungent green lime, Thai lime leaf, Granny smith apples, ...

Which wine farm is the best to visit in the Western Cape in South Africa ?

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choosing wines, champagne and port for formal dinner?

I am having a formal dinner next week and know very little about the correct wine to go with the foods. My budget is reasonable in that I can spend a bit more than bottom range, but I don't want to spend ridiculous sums of money particularly as most of my guests wouldn't know good stuff from plonk. Here is my selection: For cocktails, I will serve Aviation cocktails and I may consider an alternative like a martini or something. Tomato soup course and salmon course paired with Lindauer Brut NV sparking white wine. Lamb course paired with Porcupine Ridge Syrah Viognier 2010 Western Cape red wine. Fruit syrup cocktail paired with Vin de Constance 2005 Klein Constantia sweet white wine. For coffee and cake course, I want to serve Port and Brandy. I am unsure whether a crusted or Vintage character port or Single-quinta port etc would be best bang for the buck. I want that fruity, character and depth flavour without spending £70 a bottle sort of thing. As for brandy. what I know about brandy, I could put in a thimble. What do I look for? I want stuff you can drink neat, not as a mixer. My family are not wine experts, so I don't want to spend hundreds buying stuff they won't appreciate, but I am prepared to spend sufficient amounts so the booze doesn't taste like vinegar like so many sub £5 drinks do. ALSO IMPORTANT: I am South African, so I am deliberately trying to include a South African red wine for the main course and the Klein Constantia Wine comes so highly recommended, it was a winner, considering a grew up less than 5 miles from there! HINE - Rare VSOP - Cognac. any opinions on this for a brandy? Scrap the Hine, I think a better bet would be the HENNESSY - VS - Cognac as this seems to have a lot of good reviews and is good value for money. I will look at either the LBV Dow 2005 Port as recommended and I have also found a DOWS - Crusted Port 2003 which will obviously need to be decanted, but I am happy with that. I like the idea of a more full bodied port. Any suggestions would be welcome. thanks
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Which is one of the most beautiful regions in Europe for vacation, what do you think about Istria in Croatia?

Istria is the western most county of the Republic of Croatia, and it is the largest Croatian peninsula. For Central European countries Istria is the nearest tourist destination to the seaside. It borders the Republic of Slovenia to the north, and to the west shares the sea border with the Republic of Italy., Its surface covers the area of 2.820 km', making a triangle from the river Dragonja on the west part, down to Cape Kamenjak, the most southern point of Istria, and to the east up to the massif Učka, with the highest point of 1.396 m above sea level. The Adriatic Sea washes all three sides of the Istrian indented coast, which extends across 445,1 km, being twice the length of the Istrian road line. The western Istrian coast is 242,5 km long and together with the coastline of the islands and islets stretches out on a 212,4 kilometres surface. Istria is traversed by the 45th parallel of latitude north, and thus the Istrian peninsula is situated just in the middle of the north hemisphere, or midway between the equator and the North Pole. The weather conditions are characterized by the mild Mediterranean climate, with warm and dry summers and mild pleasant winters. The sunshine amounts to 2.388 sunny hours on the average yearly. Because of the long, mostly sunny days, the longest insolation on the Istrian beaches is 10 hours daily during the summer time. There are several characteristic winds in Istria, as bora, a fierce cold northerly wind blowing southwards and bringing cloudless sky, sirocco, a hot wind blowing from the south bringing the rain, and mistral, a landward breeze blowing from the mainland to the sea. Along the coastline and on the islands there prevails the landscape with pine trees and green Mediterranean bushes, with a great number of holmoaks and strawberry trees. Woods cover nearly one third of the Istrian territory. The lowest sea temperature is in March varying between 9 and 11 °C, and the highest sea temperature is in August reaching 24 °C. The average sea salinity amounts from 36 to 38 °/C. The mild climate enables pleasant stay in Istria during the whole year. Spring time is particularly suitable for recreational stays for lovers of cycling, mountaineering, free climbing, spelunking, air sports, and diving. Summer time is advisible for staying in the renowned tourist resorts along the coast. Tourists wistful of active vacation in the months of June, July and August, with sunny days and the worm sea, are offered numerous and particularly attractive happenings with different amusements and public entertainment. The Indian summer, in late autumn, is stunningly fascinating in Istria. In September and October, when the temperature is still pleasant for staying at the seaside, one can enjoy the incredible colours of the well preserved and genuine Istrian landscape. Strollers can relax in the enchanting environment and fresh air, enjoy the hospitality of the Istrians, participate in mushroom picking, almost all over Istria, or in the event of Marunada, the gathering of marron chestnuts in the area of Lovran. By going on various interesting excursions turists will realize that a day is always too short for discovering so many Istria's peculiarities. In winter, when days are shorter and colder Istria does not lose its allurement. Istrian people during the colder period will also warmly accept their guests, with whom will gladly have a chat beside the fireplace, while drinking wine and enjoying good food. http://croatia-istria.net
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• White’s Wines: For Value, Look To South Africa

  Because of Apartheid — the system of institutionalized racial segregation — most Western nations refused ... Today, his company, Cape Classics, is the largest importer of South African wines to the United States. And Shearer hasn’t yet ...

  NJ TODAY

  For wine value, look to South Africa

  Because of apartheid, the system of institutionalized racial segregation, most Western nations refused ... Today, his company, Cape Classics, is the largest importer of South African wines to the United States. And Shearer hasn't yet tired ...

  News-Sentinel

  Gourmet dinner to help children

  From small beginnings, the founders now reach 700 children of wine farm workers in the Western Cape, providing special programmes for those with learning difficulties owing to Foetal Alcohol Syndrome, as well as early childhood development programmes and ...

  Independent Online

  Holocaust through the eyes of a refugee in SA

  A Red Cross telegram from February 1942 informs Ralph in shorthand that his father has died in a Nazi camp. He had been arrested for buying wine from a non-Jew. Daniel says one of the most moving letters was from Ralph’s younger brother, Hans ...

  Independent Online

  Cape Town warms up winter

  This is a critical issue for an industry that employs more than 300 000 people and is the second largest contributor to the Western ... visitors to Cape Town, know the Mother City differently. They know about the diverse food and wine offerings, the ...

  Beeld

  SA wines take a fair step in the ethical direction

  The association has been around for a decade, in an underfunded, lacklustre sort of way, but its time has now come, prefigured negatively by the highly critical Human Right Watch report on the Western Cape’s wine and fruit industries last year.

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  Exploring Perth, Fremantle and Western Australia

  In the afternoon I explore the Cape Range National Park behind the coast ... A vine place to go: try a tour of Margaret River wineries While the wine-growing potential of this small south-western corner was only discovered in the mid-Sixties, the region ...

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