Category: Wine Cellar Workshops


Double-Blind Bordeaux Blend Wine Cellar Workshop Taste-Off!

Posted on 26th June, by Wine Cellar in Wine Cellar Workshops. No Comments

Our Wine Cellar Workshops are really gaining moment and favour; the Chardonnay results lead to the sales of the remaining stock of the winning wine, Tokara Walker Bay 2009! At these evenings we taste a line-up of what we consider the best wines in each category. So far we have had great results with Chardonnay, [...]



Double Blind Chardonnay Wine Cellar Workshop taste-off!

Posted on 5th June, by Wine Cellar in Wine Cellar Workshops. No Comments

Our latest in our series of Wine Cellar workshops where we taste a line-up of what we consider the best wines in each category. So far we have had great results with Shiraz, Chenin and Pinot Noir. We always add an international wine to mix it up, and so far this is the second tasting [...]



Double Blind Chenin Taste-off Wine Cellar Workshop

Posted on 11th April, by admin in Blog, Wine Cellar Workshops. No Comments

The second in our series of Wine Cellar workshops where we taste a line-up of what we consider the best wines in each category. See our inaugural Shiraz shoot-out here. Each wine is decanted into one of the other bottles, so each taster knows the lineup but not the order. In this way you can [...]



Double Blind Pinot Noir Taste-Off Workshop

Posted on 11th April, by admin in Blog, Tasting Notes, Wine Cellar Workshops. No Comments

The third in our series of Wine Cellar workshops where we taste a lineup of what we consider the top wines in a category, blind, in order to find an eventual winner. See the other tasting results here. Each wine is decanted into one of the other bottles, so each taster knows the lineup but [...]



Double Blind Shiraz Taste-Off Workshop

Posted on 15th January, by admin in Blog, Tasting Notes, Wine Cellar Workshops. No Comments

With a few new kids on the block cracking massive ratings with their maiden shirazes, we thought it a great idea to taste them off against a few international and local benchmarks. We were 9 tasters (winemakers, critics and pundits) with 9 wines at the Hussar Grill Rondebosch in order to confirm our findings over [...]





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Huge Parker ratings: Chapoutier’s Bila Haut
Michel Chapoutier, sometimes a controversial figure, reckons that the Languedoc-Roussillon could become one of the finest wine regions in France as climate change affects...
Pia’s pick of the week – 2 [video]
In this week’s episode, Pia recommends Bryan McRobert’s Tobias 2012. At just R90 per bottle, this fresh, opulent wine from the Swartland is the perfect...
SA producers bring in largest crop on record
According to VinPro, the 2013 grape crop is the largest on record and is expected to exceed that of 2012 by 5%. Harvests across...
Bordeaux 2012: Pichons, Barton, Smiths and more
After a week of holidays in France and the UK, the Bordeaux en-primeur campaign is back in full swing. Prices are consistently being set...
Wine Cellar offers signed copies of Neal Martin’s ‘Pomerol’
Wine Advocate contributor Neal Martin has published a definitive and entertaining guide to Pomerol – a major Bordeaux commune whose understated and, at times,...
Delicious Gamay and Pinot from Central France
The wines from the famous French appellations are becoming ever more expensive as the emerging markets start acquiring a taste for fine French wine....
Decanter applauds SA’s white blends
Decanter has selected 12 leading white blends from SA that ‘rival the best from Bordeaux, the Rhone and beyond’. Alheit Vineyards Cartology 2011 is among...