Cape Town named as one of the world’s sustainable cities

Cape Town is one of 10 cities that are most likely to become a global sustainability centre by 2020. The beautiful South African city was included in a list of the ‘20 cities of 2020′ by the Ethisphere Institute, a New York business ethics and social responsibility think-tank.
The 2020 Global Sustainability Centres comprises of ten [...]

Lamb loins with Pinotage – A truely South African dinner

A (Karoo) Lamb loins Pinotage are probably one the more truly South African dishes. This dish served with the excellent and true South African Kumkani Pinotage is the perfect Heritage Day Dinner.
The recipe
Ingredients
100 ml walnut or sunflower oil
1 kg trimmed lamb loin
100 ml lucerne honey
100 ml wholegrain mustard
8 leaves spinach, [...]

Stellenbosch makes World Top 10 wine destination list

Stellenbosch was named as one of the World’s Top 10 wine destinations.
TripAdvisor is the the world’s largest travel community and they announced the top 10 wine destinations in the world, according to TripAdvisor editors and traveler popularity.
This lists includes Bordeaux, Napa Valley, Tuscany, Champagne and of course Stellenbosch.
Michele Perry, vice president of global communications for [...]

The Cape Wine Trade Show – Kumkani set to stand out at show

The fifth biennial Cape Wine trade show will again be held in the state-of-the-art Cape Town International Convention Centre from 23 to 25 September 2008.
A stone’s throw from the city, international hotels and the famous V&A Waterfront, this spacious venue is only 25 minutes’ drive from the winelands. The entire South African wine industry [...]

Wall Street Journal to Establish New Wine Service

 
 The Wall Street Journal today announced WSJwine , a new service offered to its readers and other wine lovers. WSJwine offers access to quality wines of outstanding value through a direct-to-home wine service.  
 

WSJwine will offer wine from all over the world through a dedicated website, toll free number or standard mail. Customers will have the [...]

Red wine and rosemary lamb

Lamb and red wine is a perfect pairing.
Donna Hay from the New Zealand Herald has an excellent and mouth watering recipe. Although she suggests 1 cup of Red Wine in the meal,  I would suggest a fine wine with this meal.
Kumkani Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 is a red blend with a soft, smooth blend [...]

South African Sauvignon Blanc reigns supreme

South Africa is deemed to be excellent producers of Sauvignon Blanc. This is according to the website Wine Pros.

Sauvignon Blanc is usually quite distinctive and one of the easier varietal wines to recognize by its often sharp, aggressive smell
At the forfront of the South African Sauvignon Blanc wines are the Kumkani Lanner Hill Single Vineyard [...]

Kumkani set the shine at Soweto Wine festival

Soweto braces itself for the long anticipated annual Standard Bank Soweto Wine Festival . The City of Johannesburg websites indicates that some of the country’s finest wines will be on show at the Wine Festival. City of Johannesburg website

More than 100 wineries will be taking part in the Standard Bank Soweto Wine Festival, [...]

South African wine exports to the UK increase

South African wine exports to the UK have increased by 26% in the past 6 months.
Mike Dennis reports on the Talking retail website that South Africa is the fastest growing category in the UK off-trade market.
Dennis further states that global exports of South African wine are up 31% by volume from January to July [...]

Wine selection tips

Some basic tips on selecting the help you pick a good bottle of wine.

Traditionally, red goes with meat and white with fish or fowl.
If you are having lighter foods, select lighter bodied wines.
Heartier dishes go with more full-bodied wines. This is because a heavier wine will overpower a delicate dish, and a lighter wine won’t [...]