Tag: pinot-noir
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Blanc & Noir: The Grenache Family Reunion
Grenache and Grenache Blanc aren’t just related — they’re the same grape wearing different colours. Koos, Isabella and Octavius trace the story from Spain’s Aragón to the Rhône’s flying-saucer laws to the Swartland’s old bush vines, and uncover why South Africa is having a moment with both sides of this genetic double act.
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Pinotage: South Africa’s Most Argued-About Grape
Pinotage: South Africa’s most argued-about grape or how a professor’s experiment became a national talking point.
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Pinot Noir — The Heartbreak Grape with a Sense of Drama
There are few grapes that inspire such devotion, despair, poetry, bankruptcy, ecstasy, and lifelong obsession as Pinot Noir. For centuries, it has been whispered about like a rare treasure—temperamental, thin-skinned, prone to melodrama, yet capable of producing some of the most hauntingly beautiful wines known to humankind.
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Let the Juice Decide: A Chat About Red Wine Fermentation
Let the Juice Decide: A Chat About Red Wine Fermentation Koos and Octavius unpack the magic of red wine fermentation — from bubbling tanks to bold flavours in the glass.
Uncorked and Curious 