Cracking bottles and eggs

Cracking bottles and eggs

Posted by on Jan 29, 2020 in Gourmet, The Winemaker's Journal, Winery

White wine is to a winemaker what the egg, one of the most finicky but essential staples of cooking, is to a chef: a telling gauge of ability and skill. Making white wine is easy but hard to master. Requiring a delicate touch, an exact sense of timing and an almost intuitive feel, many winemakers…

Chardonnay for Christmas

Chardonnay for Christmas

Posted by on Dec 16, 2019 in Gourmet, The Winemaker's Journal, Winery

What if you could choose only one wine to go with your traditional Christmas meal: which one would you pick? I’d say let’s hear it for rich, ripe and rounded whites and, as I remind myself each year, Chardonnay is really all you need. Often ignored at Christmas time, Chardonnay can be such an enchanting…

Great whites to fall for

Great whites to fall for

Posted by on Oct 11, 2019 in Gourmet, The Winemaker's Journal, Winery

Autumn is making itself felt at the table and in the glass. The fresh produce and ingredients of the season are beckoning; the cooking goes into a higher gear and the cooler evenings bring with them an appetite for hearty, flavoursome wines. On rainy days we might crave uncorking reds but most of the time…

Marrying wine and sweet delights

Marrying wine and sweet delights

Posted by on Mar 6, 2019 in Gourmet, The Winemaker's Journal

Now that the nip is still in the air, taste buds crave something intense and there’s nothing quite as comforting as a nice glass of sweet wine with a scrumptious dessert. Finding the right combination isn’t too difficult as long as you follow a few basic directions or, easier still, heed the sommelier’s recommendation when…

Defining vegan-friendly wine

Defining vegan-friendly wine

Posted by on Sep 19, 2017 in Gourmet, The Winemaker's Journal, Winery | No Comments

Choosing a bottle of wine is great fun but not easy if you are following a vegan diet that not only excludes all nourishment that is animal-derived but even other food and drink because it has been processed making use of animal substances. The reason that not all wines are vegan-friendly has to do with…