“Winedow” the wine from South Africa passes through Parma

From distribution and exportation of food products that represent the best of made in Italy, to importation of South African wines in a time when in Italy they do not enjoy the visibility that they had some time ago. This is the story of "Winedow" ..............read the article

Aaldering Sauvignon Blanc 2012

’n Stellenbosch–Sauvignon met tipiese grasagtige geure wat goed afgerond word deur ’n ligte romerigheid. Op die palet kom aspersies en wit vrugte soas peer en perske ook na vore om ’n aangename , alledaagse drinkwyn daar te stel geniet op sy eie of saam met ’n suurlemoen-visgereg.
Bedien met of sonder kos. R105

On paper, a Pinotage Blanc is a pretty scary thought but Dustin Osborne, winemaker at Aaldering Vineyards & Wines in Stellenbosch,........read the article he wrote on his blog

Renowned wine critic Neal Martin rated the Aaldering Wines for the Wine Advocate recently. We are thrilled to see the results of our debutant Parker Points are phenomenal! Click here to see the results.

There was a time when I got quite upset every time I heard of a wine farm being sold to an overseas buyer as I felt our wine making tradition, culture and history, of which we should be extremely proud, were being sold off to the highest bidders. But ...........read the article

Van het Kaapse, bij Stellenbosch wijngoed Aaldering, eigendom van de Nederlandse ondernemer Fons Aaldering, werd onlangs een lekkere nieuwe wijn uitgebracht. Deze heet Aaldering Lady M 2012, naar Marianne, de vrouw van Fons. Het betreft een Pinotage die bewust géén houtcontact kreeg en daardoor vol fruitig smaakt, naar bessen en zwarte vruchtjes vooral. Bovendien is hij sappig en stevig. Deze fris te schenken fruit-en-kracht combi kost € 17,95: verkoopadressen vind je via deze link.

2013, the Year of Pinotage? read the article

Pinotage got off to a good start to 2013 in an unlikely place – the columns of the Wall Street Journal. Long-time Pinotage-hater Lettie Teague penned an unexpected column headed Does Much-Unloved Pinotage Deserve Another Look? before answering her rhetorical question in the affirmative. For Lettie has long boasted about her antipathy to SA’s great grape with the same offhanded brio bigots use to parade their racist, anti-semitic and homophobic prejudices. Her last swipe was as recently as October in a drive-by shooting of the grape in a Californian Merlot story.

Does Much-Unloved Pinotage Deserve Another Look? read the article

Pinotage Worth a Place at Your Table
Tasting note Lettie Teague, Aaldering Pinotage 2009
”Proprietor Fons Aaldering is convinced that Pinotage has a future as both a white and a red wine. He makes a delightfully tropical white Pinotage –not yet available in this country– as well as a red version that is quite elegant, more Pinot Noir than Pinotage. It’s a supple, well-balanced wine with lots of bright cherry fruit”.