Category: Constantia

What are friends for? Supplying you with wine, of course! And that proved to be my role last Sunday evening when I went to visit Mike. I had brought three

Where to start…. nine bottles of Sauvignon Blanc, one Sauvignon Vert, one Cabernet Sauvignon, an Eiswein and a bottle of Port opened and for the most part polished.

There are instances in this world where everything just falls perfectly into place. Funnily, barber visits have increasingly been giving me this sort of sensation. It starts with

My infatuation with all things Sémillon (French word derived from “to sow”) is no secret (read all about it here). Therefore each discovery of a new expression (sometimes it could

I’ve always had two minds about people who name their wines after themselves or someone they know. On the one side, that’s a tall order to encapsulate a person

The talented and energetic Emma Ndetiru, wine maker at Rift Valley Winery (makers of Leleshwa Wines) in Kenya, had been “in town” for about two weeks feeding her insatiable

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a firm believer in letting people do whatever rocks their boats. Who am I to judge? As long as you are drinking wine

I find myself awake. The red LED across the room declares it 5:05 am. It’s been raining consecutively for the last 3 days and today should be the first

I came across some tasting notes I had written at the end of last year about Silvermist Wines. For those avid subscribers, recall my father and son bonding