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		<title>Mixing it up: The latest on South African Red Blends</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 06:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the same vein that brands like Jacuzzi and Hoover have earned such fame they have become the generic term for a product, Bordeaux Blends are so popular they are almost synonymous with Red Blends as a category. Owing their reputation to the historical reverence of the Bordeaux region of France (the largest fine-wine producing region on earth), Bordeaux Blends traditionally combine several ‘noble’ grape varieties native to the region, most notably Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. While they may not originate from the famous region itself, versions of these blends are made all over the world, earning the name ‘Bordeaux-style’ Blends and dominating the market.  ‘Are we simply schooled into assuming Bordeaux Blends are better, or are they really better than other blends?’ is the pointed question posed by Cape Wine Master and Vinimark’s Wine Education and Training Manager, Ginette de Fleuriot, playing devil&#8217;s advocate. Bordeaux Blends made in South Africa are celebrated for their adherence to traditional viticulture, featuring the prominent varietals such as Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon that are known for their structured sophistication and ageing potential. Yet despite the consistent popularity of these blends, Rhône-style Blends are starting to demonstrate significant growth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Chardonnay is on the rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 06:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you were to name Chardonnay as South Africa’s fastest growing category in 2024, you’d be right. According to Head of Insights and Business Advisory at Vinimark, Oelof Weideman, ‘Retailers are becoming more open to stocking Chardonnay and there are currently 504 Chardonnay products available at major retailers in South Africa. That’s 11 more than there were four years ago.’ This growth becomes even more interesting if you consider ‘Chardonnay is one of the most expensive white wines in the market at an average cost of R84,16 per bottle’, Weideman says. ‘Although 70% of Chardonnay sales are for easy-drinking products that are unwooded, and which come in at less than R100 a bottle, we are seeing growth at the higher price points, too.’ Premium Chardonnays are usually wooded, thus requiring longer maturation time and an investment in extended production by the winemaker. Some of these wines fetch more than R600 per bottle, but most sit at the R200-R300 per bottle mark.  ‘Yet every price band, from entry level to premium, is showing more than five percent growth and keeping up with inflation,’ Weideman says. ‘There has been no change in the top five Chardonnay sellers in the lower price brackets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvesting the future: South African wine continues to transform</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the country celebrates 365 years of winemaking, award-winning wine writer Malu Lambert asks what forces are shaping the future of South Africa’s wine industry, which is evolving exponentially through ongoing innovations, inclusivity and socioeconomic programmes, as well as a commitment to sustainability. Much like 365 years ago, since the first recorded harvest, grapes hang plump in the Cape’s vineyards, waiting to be snipped from the vine. The South African wine harvest 2024, one of the earliest in recent memory, has set off at a gallop, accompanied by the hum of tractors as they amble from site to cellar, the whirr of optical sorting tables and the pleasing hush of the pneumatic press.  The Cap Classique harvest – which generally begins two weeks before still wine – was also early. ‘We started picking on 4 January,’ says Krone Cap Classique winemaker Stephan de Beer from the estate in Tulbagh. ‘It’s the earliest harvest in the 16 years I’ve been at Twee Jonge Gezellen.’ No stranger to innovation, the estate has been night-harvesting its grapes since the 1980s, a tradition that helps retain acidities and pure fruit flavours. Cold fermentation in South Africa was also pioneered here, in the 1950s. More [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experience extreme care: The 2018 vintage of the ultra-lavish BOOK XVII is an expression of meticulous winemaking</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2020 14:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Savour one of the world’s finest examples of winemaking, when you sip on the extraordinary BOOK XVII. This opulent, limited-edition wine is meticulously handcrafted by De Toren Private Cellar in Stellenbosch, Cape Town. It is a wine with a reputation that precedes it &#8211; so much so, that annual client pre-bookings secure about two thirds of the mere 1 400 bottles that are lovingly produced each year. The remaining bottles of the 2018 vintage have now been released. This year marks the 9th vintage release of this exceptionally exclusive wine. The 2018 vintage of this fabled South African Bordeaux-style blend is even richer and more elegant than before. The full-bodied BOOK XVII has often been compared to the famed “Super Tuscans” of the world – those wines characterized by bold winemaking, experimentation with Bordeaux barriques, and an embracing of modern viticulture. BOOK XVII indeed encompasses all this and has been hailed as South Africa’s most luxurious wine. It is also the highest-ever rated South African wine by one of the globe’s leading voices in wine, the US-based Wine Enthusiast. Standing proud amongst the world’s best, De Toren’s BOOK XVII is an exceptional example of extreme viticulture – no expense or [...]]]></description>
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