“Needs time” is one of the great euphemisms a taster can use when confronted by a young wine that he or she feels is not showing as well as it might. When I first encountered the 2009 vintage of Bowed Head Chenin Blanc from Graham Beck about two … [Read more...]
Graham Beck Pheasants’ Run Sauvignon Blanc 2008
April 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
“I want Pheasants’ Run to be the ultimate expression of cool-climate Sauvignon Blanc,” says Erika Obermeyer, Graham Beck winemaker before presenting a vertical tasting of the 2006 to 2012 vintages. The name of the wine is a translation of … [Read more...]
Graham Beck Pheasants’ Run Sauvignon Blanc 2012
April 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Is there a more decorated Sauvignon Blanc in the country? The 2010, 2011 and 2012 vintages have all rated 5 Stars in Platter’s while 2007 through 2010 placed among the winners of the Sauvignon Blanc Top 10 competition, 2008 and 2009 both doing this … [Read more...]
The great bubbly shoot-out
December 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
From the December issue of Business Day WANTED out last Friday: The festive season lends itself to drinking bubbles but which bubbles? If you opt for Méthode Cap Classique, there’s always the anxiety that you’re forfeiting quality for economy … [Read more...]
SA wine in new Bond book
November 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
From the October issue of GQ: As a figure of popular culture, special agent James Bond captures the imagination in many ways: he’s debonair of dress, good at one-liners, irresistible to women, handy with any sort of weaponry, gets to drive the … [Read more...]
Graham Beck Brut Zero 2005
October 13, 2011 by 3 Comments
Yesterday the launch of Brut Zero 2005, a new addition to the Graham Beck Méthode Cap Classique range and one of the few non-dosage bubblies in the country (not the first as I originally posted - see comments below). Cellar price: R205 a … [Read more...]
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