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Oldenburg Vineyards Syrah 2013, Stellenbosch | Britt’s Wine of the Month 1

Britt Karlsson — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 17:11:27 +0000

South Africa has a number of exciting and delicious wines. We go there once a year and we have our favourite wine estates that we return to every year. But we always make new discoveries as well. One discovery from this year’s trip in February was the Oldenburg Vineyards. The visit was very memorable. This […]

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Klein Constantia’s CEO talks about the legendary vineyards in South Africa, the wines and the history

Per Karlsson — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 09:38:24 +0000

Hans Astrom is CEO of Klein Constantia, a winery in the Constantia wine region near Cape Town, since 2011. He also happens to be Swedish. We met him at the vineyard to talk about how it is to be responsible for a large vineyard in South Africa and to be the producer of the legendary […]

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Teddy Hall, Stellenbosch, South Africa | BKWine Pick

Britt Karlsson — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:36:29 +0000

Chenin blanc is one of my favourite grapes and it is a grape that is grown, at least to any great extent, only in the central Loire Valley and in South Africa. In South Africa chenin wines are getting better and better. One person who knows how to make good wines with chenin is Teddy […]

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South African quality wines from Rickety Bridge

Britt Karlsson — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:28:20 +0000

Those of you who drink South African wines regularly have probably noticed that the quality of the wines have increased dramatically in recent years. This is often due to hard work in the vineyards by young, ambitious winemakers and their will to experiment with different techniques. An example of this is Wynand Grobler, winemaker at […]

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High Constantia, South Africa – BKWine Pick

Britt Karlsson — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:12:34 +0000

At High Constantia winemaker David van Niekerk makes an exceptional Cap Classic (sparkling wines made by the traditional method) that gets at least three years of ageing on its lees (sur latte). The grapes grow up in the mountains where the climate is fairly cool. Whole bunches are pressed and he gets 400 liters out […]

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Stellekaya Winery, Stellenbosch, South Africa – BKWine TV

Britt Karlsson — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:38:00 +0000

Stellekaya is one of the wine producers that impressed us most during our trip to South Africa earlier this year. It’s a small producer – they call themselves boutique wine producer – and the wines are not only of high quality but also interesting and with a lot a character. Their winemaker Ntsiki Biyela started […]

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