The Winery Stone Forest is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Stone Forest wines in Western Cape among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Stone Forest 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 Stone Forest wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Stone Forest wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of fondue vigneronne au vin rouge, giouvetsi (greek dish) or buckwheat pancakes filled with egg, cheese and ham.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Stone Forest. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Stone Forest. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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 Stone Forest wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of pizza calzone with ham and mushrooms, roast pheasant or wild rice salad with tuna.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Stone Forest. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Stone Forest. is a with a nice freshness.
An intraspecific cross between pinot noir and cinsaut called hermitage, obtained in South Africa in 1925 by Professor Abraham Izak Perold. Since then, it has been propagated in Africa, New Zealand, Australia, the United States (California), Canada, Brazil, Israel, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties on the A1 list. - Synonymy: none to date (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).
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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.
