Back from Stellenbosch

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After a week in the Western Cape region of South Africa I am now back in Germany. It was my first time in this country and I can only say that I was very impressed. First of all by this incredible landscape full of contrasts: the mountains, the vineyards, the dunes, the rough shores and this climate where the warm sun is confronted to the ice cold waters of the South Atlantic.

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This fertile land also translates on your dinner table. Numerous restaurants offer Read the rest of this entry »

Cabernet Sauvignon Blanc?

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This bottle is a gift from my dear friend Louisa who is currently staying in South Africa in the middle of Stellenbosch wine country. When she told me on the phone that she had a great bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon Blanc for me I thought she was mistaken and surely meant Sauvignon Blanc. So now I have the bottle and this is one of the many moments in the life of a wine-lover when he realizes he doesn’t know a thing about wine.
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Did anyone ever have a White Cabernet? The winery told my friend that it’s a typical wine for the region.
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Anyhow, this will be a first timer for me, and I’ll report upon opening it.
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Thanks again, Louisa!

Categories: South Africa

2002 Mont du Toît, Cape of Good Hope, SA

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This is a more highly priced South-African wine than those I used to drink until now. I am not yet a great fan of South Africans, although all of them I tried were of solid quality. But I often find these red wines to have quite intense smoke aromas, ranging from slightly smoked ham, to heavily smoked bacon. It’s maybe a matter of taste, but I feel that these smokey notes are somehow unbalancing the wines. Read the rest of this entry »

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