The wine region of Voor Paardeberg is located in the region of Paarl of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vondeling Wines or the Domaine Scali produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Voor Paardeberg are Chenin blanc, Pinotage and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Voor Paardeberg often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit.
In the mouth of Voor Paardeberg is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 10 estates and châteaux in the of Voor Paardeberg, producing 40 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Voor Paardeberg go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry.
Bordeaux’s administrative court of appeal has effectively validated the St-Emilion 2012 Classification after rejecting long-standing complaints from three châteaux. France’s national appellation body, INAO, said the decision upholds an original court ruling from 2015. It added the complainants still have two months in which to appeal the judgement, however. Legal challenges to the St-Emilion 2012 Classification have been a feature of the past decade in Bordeaux. INAO said it was ‘reassured’ by t ...
The latest survey from trade body WineGB shows that sales of English and Welsh wines have now increased by 69% between 2019 and 2021. The star performer is the direct-to-consumer sector, which is up by 265% over two years. It now represents 57% of all sales, up from just 36% in 2019. That means English and Welsh wine producers are increasingly cutting out the middlemen – supermarkets, specialist merchants, bars and restaurants – and selling directly to their devotees, either via their ecommerce ...
Whenever I visit Domaine Richaud, just outside the village of Cairanne, the winemaking team remind me of friends I made at free parties in the 1990s in fields and disused warehouses. I’m not talking dreadlocks and dogs on strings, but there’s always an anarchic frisson in the air. You get the impression they know how to enjoy themselves. Perhaps it’s to be expected, given the radical furrow Marcel Richaud has ploughed. He’s approaching 70 now, but still thrums with pent-up energy, his ice-blue e ...
