Discovered this at the Riebeek Kasteel wine and olive festival. Dont think the winery is called Swartland Stories, it was a great festival so my memory’s hazy. I do remember that it was incredibly well priced. Slightly acidic, and a bit of a let down if you love big floral Viogniers, but a solid performer […]
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I am not a wine expert. I am not in the wine industry. I can get a bit pretentious when describing wine sometimes, and other times I can't think of a word to describe what I'm tasting. I do love wine, drink a lot of it, live in the Western Cape of South Africa and visit a lot of wine farms though.
Hopefully this site will help strangers to SA wine pick a good bottle over a bad one, and visit the better wine farms that I've enjoyed. At worst, at least I will be able to use it to remember what is was I was drinking last night!