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Chef Pete Goffe-Wood tastes the Neil Ellis Groenekloof Sauvignon Blanc and matches it with a dish of Seared Yellowtail on a bed of Saldhanna Mussels. The acidity of the Sauvignon Blanc is perfectly matched for the fish and the creaminess of the mussels, a rare feat for a Sauvignon Blanc. Wild Woods is Pete Goffe-Woods’ hot new Bistro in Hout Bay, located at the bottom of Chapmans Peak, serving up his legendary home-from-home food….Neil Ellis Wines are located in the Jonkershoek Valley outside of Stellenbosch and have been making award-winning wines for the past twenty years….
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Dave Hutton talks to Viticulturist Nico Walters about the importance of water in the vineyards, and when you want to make the vines “happy” and when you want them “not so happy”…Nico also talks about the importance of the vineyard workers to the final quality of the wine, and finally Dave takes a look at the level of one of the eleven dams on the farm…
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In this film Winemaker Neil Ellis along with Assistant Winemakers Reg and Warren taste the Groenekloof Sauvignon Blanc 2009, an elegant wine made from specially selected Darling vineyards that Neil has been working with for close to 20 years….
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Viticulturist Nico Walters talks to Dave Hutton about how the team at Rustenberg combat wind damage in the vines, how many times they will move thru the vineyards to get the vines ready for harvest, and how to enhance the quality by managing the bunches…
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Dig deeper into the conversation with Viticulturist Nico Walters and Dave Hutton as Nico explains what it means to “capture sunlight” and the amount of work required…
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With 2009 drawing to a close, Marketing Manager Dave Hutton takes a trip around the farm to take a look at what is being done to get ther farm ready for the 2010 harvest…
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Winemaker Chris Williams talks to us about the importance of winter to the vines at Meerlust. Even though the next harvest is over six months away and it looks as though there is very little activity in the vineyards, the vines are going thru a very important process preparing for the coming growing season….
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The People’s Guide has officially launched in South Africa with the publication of the wine guide by Michael Olivier, Neil Pendock and Anibal Coutinho. Over 1200 wines were tasted blind, of which 561 were deemed good enough to be in the guide. The book promises to be a very useful tool for consumers to select wines to match with food and to meet their palates and wallets. The book is available nationwide.
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Val de Vie produces the most comprehensive range of Rhone varietals in South Africa, and in this film Michael tastes their GVC, a blend of Grenache Blanc, Viognier, and Clairette Blanche, an outstanding wine to enjoy chilled on a hot summers day.
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Winemaker Bertus Fourie practically invented a new style of wines with his “Coffee Pinotage”, and in this film Michael tastes his 2009 Barista Pinotage, from Val de Vie. Bertus talks to us about the technique behind achieving this unique flavour profile, highlighting the fact that it can only be obtained with Pinotage.
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