A Minute of Wine

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Its World Cup Fever in South Africa and Rustenberg Wines have teamed up with the Starfish Great Hearts Foundation and a group of Scottish Samaritans, led by Colin Perry, who are taking underprivliged children to World Cup Games in South Africa, as well as organising a 5-a-side soccer tournament …

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Dedicated to producing wines for today’s wine lover, Boschendal are changing the name of Boschendal Blanc de Blanc to Boschendal Boschen Blanc…

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Red Winemaker Thinus Kruger takes Brad Gold through a tasting of the Boschendal Shiraz range. Everything from the super popular Shiraz-Cabernet blends to the ultra-premium single vineyard wines. As Thinus says, “there is a Shiraz out there for everyone”…enjoy.

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At the end of a challenging and demanding harvest, winemaker David Finlayson talks to us about the Edgebaston 2006 Shiraz, a wine that fits comfortably in the middle of new world funkiness, and old world class…

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Viticulturist Nico Walters and Dave Hutton talk about the concept of “hang time” on the vines and why the “units of sunshine” available to the grapes of Rustenberg help create the high quality expected of Rustenberg wines…

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Viticulturist Nico Walters talks to Dave Hutton about the components comprising the decision of when to pick the grapes…

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Simon Barlow and Dave Hutton introduce us to the latest members of the Rustenberg family, due to arrive towards the end of the year….

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David Finlayson talks to us about the Pepper Pot, his extremely popular Rhone-style Shiraz blend.

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An exhausted David Finlayson talks to us at the tail-end of the 2010 harvest and comments on how difficult it has been. Heat, rain, wind, the harvest had it all and pressed winemakers in the Stellenbosch region to their limits…

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Production Manager Randolph Christians talks to us about the 2010 pumpover schedule and how what happens to the yeast, grapes and juice during the different phases of fermentation….