Category Archives: As I know vino

ALTHOUGH the theme for this year’s Summer Elegance Festival – which took place at The House of Krone on the Twee Jonge Gezellen estate near Tulbagh on Saturday, December 8 – was “Put Your Hat On”, Summer chose to take … Continue reading →

ETIENNE le Riche is my dream man. And that is not just because he lives and works in the most beautiful oak-and-vine adorned spot beneath the splendidly craggy cliffs of Stellenbosch’s Jonkershoek Mountains on a farm with the romantic name … Continue reading →

RIANIE STRYDOM is on the top of the world. Not only is she rapidly filling the shelves of the trophy cabinet on the farm but she is also in her element in her role as both winemaker and general manager … Continue reading →

ONE hypothesis is that decanting can improve the drinking quality of certain wines prior to pouring it into a glass. Actually, my first attempt at it – as a student, decades ago – had quite the opposite effect. Determined to … Continue reading →

HISTORIANS will tell you that caves provide the best environment in which to store wine. They will probably explain – almost certainly at great length, if my experience of historically-enabled individuals is anything to go by – that celebrated (and … Continue reading →

THERE are, claim the (chiefly patronising) PC-police, no right or wrong answers when it comes to wine-tasting. Codswallop. Make an ignorant comment about wine in the company of the vinously advantaged and the sneers spread quicker than a splash of … Continue reading →