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The Back Label
What's really behind bio-dynamics? Why would perfectly sane winemakers seal their wines with a screw cap? Find out from our experts here.
NATURAL SELECTION. THE ART OF BIO DYNAMICS
It is possibly infinitely easier to summarise Einstein's Theory of Relativity than to produce a précis on bio dynamics.
CORK OR STELVIN, THE DEBATE CONTINUES
The unpleasant experience commonly known as 'cork taint' has unfortunately afflicted us all at one time or another - there is nothing worse than watching the contents of a formerly prized bottle swill around the kitchen sink...
When in South Africa in the early Nineties, I was surprised to hear the word 'blend' used in a pejorative sense.
Of all the species, of all the trees in the world, why oak?
TERROIR: THE NATURAL STATE OF THINGS
Most current wine literature is peppered with the word terroir - our own offerings included.
Well, there we have it, winemaking in a nutshell. From Brouette to Pétrus, Mont du Toit to Salon, it's all here in this short chemical formula - no need for a wine list next year then.
