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Open space Some of the topics recently discussed on the website Note: Most comments are appended to the articles which prompted them. Some, however, are just general topics raised (or questions asked) by readers, and mostly that is what is covered here • Why creosote poles in Cape vineyards? A possible link to of-odours questioned. Anyone have an answer? • A Russian winewriter, a British sommelier and Cathy Some comments on Cathy van Zyl's reports from Jerez, and some scandal about El Bulli • Old pinotage and a query about Gilbeys • That Cavendish 1963 again Two enquiries about this KWV 'tawny port' • The 'B' word once again Brettanomyces taint in a famous Bordeaux wine – and what about on local competitions? • Of boerewors and cassis Wine snobbery and the need for something else • A winelover's academic achievement Ex-Cape man gets a French MBA with Michel Rolland as mentor • That rare thing – a bargain pinot noir Has anyone else tried the Robertson (or got better suggestions)? • Some observations of ProWein A comment from an old Grape friend in Germany • Water into wine A radical suggestion about freshening-up those heavy wines... • Are SA white (blended) wines better than reds? A favourite dispute emerges again • Cape classics What are the legendary wines of South Africa? • Wines of Origin – a basic guide to the system • Bretty Ernie A lowlight of the festive season (which we temper with a few highlights too) • Blabbering nonsense A reader finds too much negativity and self-importance in our articles and comments • Assisting the judges to get the right result? But organisers deny manipulating the Diners Club results • Short-term thinking or Catch-22? Is it a good idea for a serious wine to change its style to early-drinking? • And there's the matter of Distell's advertisements (and geographical problems) • On restaurant wine prices ... again A link to a cheapskate's critique • Are Platter ratings too high? A reader thinks Tim Atkin has a valid point • Ripeness is all Are South African reds really 'green'? Aren't they, rather, over-ripe? (Could they be both?) • Port (and related matters) A letter from Calitzdorp • Pleasurable pinotage Does it need more ageing than it usually gets? • Faults in wine Where do they start and stop? • Ageability Wondering how whites, reds and ports will keep (with debate on WIne magazine's tasting) • White wine bargains for keeping Are there some less expensive whites that deserve cellaring a few years? • Judging wines without a sense of smell How did Jancis Robinson do it? • Selling pinotage: Stop the technical talk • KWV's Perold shiraz ... expensive but obscure • The Wine Spectator visit Some comment and controversy about James Molesworth's visit to the Cape • Is Elgin all it's cracked up to be? Plus a controversial suggestion about appellation rules • De Trafford's Chenin Blanc from Stanford What happened to it? • Are SA wines losing their character as they get more mainstream? A Swede thinks so... • The American connection Another observation on early US-SA wine links • The depressing state of the wine industry An 'open letter to moaners and weepers' • More on old KWV fortified wines • Chenin Challenge scores just don't add up • Rumours of defaulting bidders at the CWG auction ... but officially denied • Misinformation and outdated SA material on the internet A top journalist links to a badly dated website • A local port with an unusual name What is Cavendish Vintage 1963 Vin de Liqueur?• Selective bottling and show submission Some comments on the implications of the 'Wither Hills scandal' • More on 'reductive' white wines Is this a characteristic of the fine white blends from the Perdeberg? • Problems with glass-stoppered wine? Does the Vino-lok promote 'reductive' qualties • Is two Wine mag stars the ultimate accolade?
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