April 19
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If you like your Chardonnays big, bold, and wooded then at Travel Concepts we are perhaps not your best people to ask for advise on what to choose. They are a bit too heavy for us. But the good news is that in South Africa we also make some excellent unwooded chardonnays and we absolutely [...]
April 15
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White pepper, linoleum, nail polish and wait for it…sweat!!! Just a few of the bizarre aromas of some of South Africa’s increasing famous white blend wines, this according to the 30 guests (including me), who attended the latest tasting evening from Cape Town based wine company Under the Influence.
Based at the Roundhouse Restaurant, an old [...]
April 11
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The wines of the Waterford Estate near Stellenbosch are amongst our very favourites but recently wine maker Kevin Arnold has taken the wine tasting experience to a brand new level and he recently invited us to join him on his new “wine drive safari”.
Based very much on the game drive experience (Kevin has even bought [...]
February 23
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Sat down with slow roasted duck for Christmas dinner, the choice of wine in the Holt household was Pinot Noir, so for this special occasion our MD Richard pushed the boat out and opened a bottle of the best. From the small family winery in the beautiful Elgin Valley, wine maker James Downes has carved [...]
November 01
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Summer and the sun have arrived back in Cape Town, so with picnics and lunches by the pool now in order there is nothing better than a glass of cold Chenin Blanc and when we think Chenin then in our view there is only one place to go, to the Beaumont family winery in Botrivier. [...]
October 23
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The John Platter Wine Guide awarded 5 stars to the 2006 Astra white blend from this small boutique winery, which makes it one of the select band of highest ranking white wine in South Africa.
When I read this I wanted to know more, so I rang wine maker Johan Kruger who invited me round for [...]
September 01
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Richard Holt, resident wine guru of Travel Concepts reports on his wine recommendation for the month,
“On Sunday evening with friends, we drank my very last bottle of 2004 Vruchtbaar Cabernet Sauvignon and I finally realised what I had known all along; that this wine is one of my very favourite Cabernet Sauvignons.
From a small boutique [...]
August 01
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This month we really went down the wine route less traveled and drove out to the Swartland region, one of our favourite wine routes, where innovation and authenticity characterise an area dominated by Shiraz and a collection of quality white blends.
The Swartland lies an hour North East of Cape Town, centered around the quirky but [...]
July 01
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It has been wet and windy in Cape Town this month, so we have taken to tasting and drinking our wine indoors around an open fire. Our favourite place to do this: Caveau Wine Bar in the centre of Cape Town. Located in the historic Heritage Square, Caveau is always warm, welcoming and vibey and [...]
June 01
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This month our wine buff and MD Richard, features not one but two wines of the month after he dropped into the small historic town of Tulbagh located about an hour inland from Cape Town.
“The wine region of the Western Cape is ever expanding and the Tulbagh wine route has a number of vineyards now [...]
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