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South Africa’s Top Wines Of Origin
Constantia, Durbanville and Robertson stood out as prime wine growing areas at the second annual SA Terroir Wine Awards, with each producing three of the national certificate winners.
The Constantia and Durbanville wards are situated near the ocean and the consistently cool weather is a huge advantage, while the Robertson Valley is blessed with the right combination of soil and climate.
Wine Gift Online & Where To Find The Perfect Wine Gift Online
Do you never know what to get people for birthdays, anniversaries, special occasions or holidays? If you answered ‘yes’ then maybe you should consider buying a wine gift online. Giving wine as a gift to someone can be just the pick me up that they needed or just a thoughtful gift in their minds. Here are some things to know when buying a wine gift online:
Anytime you buy a wine gift online, make sure you know what category the wine is placed in.
Choose The Right Wine Glasses To Enhance Your Wine Tasting Experience!
Wine glasses, or stemware as they are known in the industry, are the natural extensions of wine. While wine can be enjoyed in any shape or size of container from a coffee mug to a crystal wine glass, the top stemware manufacturers insist that there is a science to capturing the best color, bouquet and taste of wine.
Before getting into the actual styles of glassware there are two important points to remember when choosing the right glass:
Wine Fraud – What’s in Your Bottle?
When I was little, my grandmother had a grapevine on the fence that separated her house from her neighbor’s house. My sisters and I spent hours arguing with the boys next door; we said the vine was ours and they said it was theirs. The grapes, we reasoned, were on our side of the fence, but the vine, they said, was rooted on their side. This argument went on for months, until the grapevine eventually died, leaving the grapes wilted and shriveled. When this happened, knowing the vine was worthless, I told the boys next door that they could have the grapevine if they gave me their yo-yo. They agreed and I ran off with my new toy. Unbeknownst at the time, I had just committed a pseudo-form of wine fraud.
Wine fraud, by definition, is a type of fraud where customers are sold wine illegally. Like a grape known for being seedy or a vineyard known for being shady, wine fraud has the potential to spoil the wine lover’s spirit. This wine is sometimes filled with chemicals that can cause sickness or it is cheap wine sold for prices much higher than it’s worth. While it may seem that wine fraud is limited to wines sold in back alleys, or out of the trunks of beaten down cars, many cases of wine fraud are sold by seemingly legit vendors. You may have been a victim of wine fraud and never even realized it.