The Winery The Co Operative is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 58 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery The Co Operative wines in Western Cape among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery The Co Operative wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery The Co Operative wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery The Co Operative wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
The Western Cape is home to the vast majority of the South African wine industry, and the country's two most famous wine regions, Stellenbosch and Paarl. The city of Cape Town serves as the epicenter of the Cape Winelands, a mountainous, biologically diverse area in the south-western corner of the African continent.
A wide variety of wines are produced here. Wines from the Shiraz and Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.
The Western Cape's Elegant, ageworthy Cabernet Sauvignon wines and Bordeaux Blends were at the vanguard as exports recommenced in the mid-1990s, while Burgundy-style Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Walker Bay are gaining global acclaim, and cool-climate style Sauvignon Blanc from Darling and Overberg is rivaling that made in any other New World country.
The Western Cape's wine regions stretch 300 kilomers (185 miles) from Cape Town to the Mouth of the Olifants River in the North, and 360km (220 miles) to Mossel Bay in the east. Areas under Vine are rarely more than 160km (100 miles) from the coast. Further inland, the influence of the semi-arid Great Karoo Desert takes over.
The climate can be cool and rainy (as in Cape Point and Walker Bay) but is more often than not Mediterranean in nature.
The Western Cape is littered with spectacular mountain ranges that form the Cape Fold belt. These are extremely important for viticulture across the whole region, contributing soils and mesoclimates ideal for the production of premium wines. Of particular importance are the Boland Mountains, which form the eastern border of the Coastal Region, and the Langeberg range, which separates the Breede River Valley from the Klein Karoo semi-desert.
How Winery The Co Operative wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beef marengo "my mom" style, lamb biryani or chicken on a bed of summer vegetables.
On the nose the red wine of Winery The Co Operative. often reveals types of flavors of cream, oaky or cheese and sometimes also flavors of jam, chocolate or leather. In the mouth the red wine of Winery The Co Operative. is a powerful.
White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.
How Winery The Co Operative wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of new york hot dog, salmon and leek gratin or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).
On the nose the white wine of Winery The Co Operative. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, lime or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of gooseberry, passion fruit or melon. In the mouth the white wine of Winery The Co Operative. is a with a nice freshness.
A term whose meaning varies according to the region (terroir or estate), but which everywhere contains the idea of identifying a wine with a specific place of production.
How Winery The Co Operative wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of braciola (southern italy), roast doe in the oven or cancoillotte (made from metton).
On the nose the pink wine of Winery The Co Operative. often reveals types of flavors of peach, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.
Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.
How Winery The Co Operative wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of tarte tatin, carri of shrimps with chillies or vegan leek and tofu quiche.
On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery The Co Operative. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, non oak or floral and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tree fruit or oak. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery The Co Operative. is a with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
Bottle with a capacity of 9 litres.
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Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
How’s the weather been this year? Awful. ‘La nature m’écoeure’, one of my wine-growing friends posted on Facebook on 8 April, having been out to look at the frost-crippled shoots on his vines that morning: ‘Nature disgusts me’. It takes a lot to make a wine-grower feel that. He wasn’t alone. Jeremiads echo around the northern hemisphere as 2021 closes. It’s been the year of all the miseries. None suffered more horribly than the growers of Germany’s Ahr valley, where floodwaters caused by the fou ...
I n 2009 Prosecco was re-mapped in sweeping changes that created an extensive new zone for the production of Prosecco DOC and elevated the traditional growing areas of Valdobbiadene-Conegliano to DOCG, Italy’s top denomination. At that time, one might have overlooked the fact that the new legislation also created a small, independent DOCG for Asolo Prosecco to the west of the river Piave. The sparkling wines of the area had low visibility, producers were few and production was limited. However t ...
Do growers make wine – or do markets? Growers, of course. Yet markets define the scope of the grower’s creative efforts by what they reward or sanction. When markets are neglectful and unresponsive, there’s little the grower can do but conform. It’s a problem the world over. Here’s an example. The river Moselle/Mosel rises to the wet west of the Vosges mountains, then curves in a long green arc heading north through Epinal, Metz and (along the left bank) Luxembourg’s Grand Duchy, turning east at ...
A term whose meaning varies according to the region (terroir or estate), but which everywhere contains the idea of identifying a wine with a specific place of production.
