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Plett Wine Festival canned… So ‘all eyes’ on Constantia, Robertson, Paarl

02/2019 Mike Froud Leave a comment

DARN! It was sad to hear that the Wine & Bubbly Festival scheduled to take place on the beach at Plettenberg Bay in March had been cancelled due to ‘late withdrawal of the sponsorship’ – though good to read that Plett Tourism and Plett Winelands ‘will return with another world-class experience in 2020’. Instead then, the main focus of attention in

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Elegant or Voluptuous? Classy or Rich? Rather different kind of winelist

07/2018 Mike Froud One comment

WE SEE where they’re going with their Winelist, but The Sommeliers Selection takes a bit of getting used to – adjusting to the calibration, you could say. Of over 300 entries, 72 made the cut, all accorded the same recognition, but with no scores given, no stars or medals. Although, among the Listed competition winners there is reference to four