In this week’s episode Roland and Tessa taste a new South African craft beer, and IPA from Devil’s Peak Brewery and Chris Keets’ new wine, First Verse 2009.

Roland has been away cycling so Tessa roped camera man and fellow wine imbiber Harry Haddon onto the couch to chat about a local Grenache Blanc and a Rosso di Montalcino. We miss Roland. He’ll back back on wine of the week 13 on Monday.  

The video of the Young Guns 2 tasting at Wine Cellar. The video takes a quick look at South Africa’s top young winemakers and some of the wines they presented at the tasting.  

This week Tessa gets very very excited about Vin d’Orrance’s new entry level red, and Roland brings a bargain Burgundy from Louis Boillot to the table.

Tessa and Roland have a friend and fellow wine imbiber of note – Vijay – join them on the couch for a tasting of two wines. The one, a Crozes-Hermitage from Alain Graillot – which may be the best value wine in the world – and the other a Bordeaux blend from Constantia producer Eagles [...]

Good day Wine Lover Buy this wine it is delicious… Bryan MacRobert has been assisting Eben Sadie in the Swartland and Priorat for a number of years and the Tobais 2010 Red is his exceptional debut. Only three barrels of this delicious juice were made and we are so confident of this wine, we have [...]

Tessa and Roland sit down on the couch again to taste some wine. This week Roland brings an Aussie Shiraz with a French touch, and Tessa tastes the new vintage of Crystallum Pinot Noir and has a little trouble with numbers.