I’ll be heading out to South Africa in November. Top of my list of things to do – indeed things that I’ll be doing – are the Swartland Revolution and International Chenin Blanc symposium. Chenin is a common thread. Old vine Chenin from the Paardeberg is the much sought after backbone of Swartland’s revolutionary white [...]
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Ex-Rustenberg man Adi Badenhorst’s Paardeberg Rhone blends, white and red, were one of my finds of the 2008 Cape Fair (see here). A A Badenhorst Family Red 2006 received plenty of plaudits when I showed it at my “Cape Rhone blends with a twist tasting” last summer (reported here). The only grievance? That it wasn’t [...]
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Posted Friday 12th August 2011
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