“If Cab is king, then Chardonnay is queen,” says Kevin Arnold, cellarmaster at Waterford in Stellenbosch. “Our Chardonnay comes from a single vineyard planted in 1988 and needs a lot of nursing. It’s slow ripening which contributes to depth … [Read more...]
Blackwater Cuvée Terra Lux Pinot Noir 2011
March 5, 2013 by 2 Comments
Blackwater is the label of Francois Haasbroek, formerly winemaker at Waterford in Stellenbosch. Continuing my fatal fascination with local Pinot Noir, I was compelled to buy a bottle of his Cuvée Terra Lux Pinot Noir 2011, R165 a bottle from Manuka … [Read more...]
Kevin Arnold Shiraz 2008
August 24, 2012 by 3 Comments
Last night, dinner at Terroir, the restaurant on the Kleine Zalze property in Stellenbosch for the announcement of the Top 6 Shiraz as well as the Top 6 Dessert Wines as featured in the August/September issue of Classic Wine , the magazine published … [Read more...]
Waterford Chardonnay 2007
December 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Much is made of the paucity of decent restaurants in Cape Town’s southern suburbs but I’ve always found A Tavola in Claremont more than passable. I met my sister there for lunch yesterday for an end-of-year catch-up over lunch and we shared the … [Read more...]
Domaine Huet Le Haut Lieu Sec Vouvray 2010 vs. Skurfberg Olifantsrivier 2009
November 7, 2011 by 3 Comments
“Summer drinking” was the theme for a tasting yesterday which might suggest an array of uncomplicated wines but in the end some pretty stuff got opened. Waterford 2000, a Cap Classique from 89% Chardonnay and 11% Pinot Noir, was in fine nick, the … [Read more...]
Do expensive wines taste better?
June 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
As featured in the May issue of Longevity: Consider, if you will, two prominent South African wines, the first being Chateau Libertas, selling for approximately R30 a bottle and the second Waterford The Jem 2006 for R680 a bottle. As wines, they … [Read more...]
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