The November edition is out!

The November edition hits the streets today. Read it online at http://apps.facebook.com/the_month/

From the editorial: Some time ago one of our regular readers was driven to comment that “The Month is almost like a real newspaper!” No doubt, once she’s had a look at our front page, she’ll call saying that “The Month is almost like a real magazine” too. Of course, she’d be correct on both scores as The Month is, after all, Your Winelands Magazine in Newspaper Format. 

Read the rest of the paper online. 

 

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We asked... and Joanne answered!

I'm sure it wasn't intentional, but as if in answer to our Where's the best place to picnic question this article by Joanne Gibson was published today.

Best winelands picnic spots

Author: Joanne Gibson

Published: 26 Oct 10

One of my most memorable alfresco dining experiences involved a chunk of cheddar, a packet of Provitas, a bottle of Tassies and a young Swedish yacht designer whom I found quite delicious at the time (my taste in wine – and men – has become more sophisticated since then). Suffice to say that a good picnic doesn’t require much more than a patch of grass, a shady tree and a lovely view – and these are not hard to find in the winelands.

 

Read the rest here: http://www.winemag.co.za/article/best-winelands-picnic-spots-2010-10-25

We asked: Where's the Best Place to Picnic?

We asked: Where's the Best Place to Picnic?

You said:

• Franschhoek - 57%
• Paarl - 42%
• Stellenbosch - 28%
• Other - 7%

Read The Month's Picnic Review in the new look November edition - out next week.

            

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Thought Provoking Pendock: WOSA with peri-peri

From Pendock's blog...

My call for Nando’s to take over marketing SA wine in die buiteland from WOSA in the Sunday Times yesterday has earned me many e-mail bouquets and only one brickbat via SMS so far. Let’s hope the Letters to the Editor are in the post to ignite a public debate – something sorely missing in the bizarrely shadowy world of wine marketing politics. If you live in Paarl or Robertson and couldn’t read the dead tree version, I include the relevant dancing electrons below along with a photo of a dead tree at Fraai Uitzicht yesterday morning.

Fraai Uitzicht yesterday morning

Veritas for Vauxhall
When WOSA (Wines of SA, the exporters’ mouthpiece) presented a tasting of “South Africa’s Exceptional Red Blends” to US wine educators in Washington earlier this year, eight stunning examples from Badenhorst Family Vineyards, Bellingham, Boekenhoutskloof, De Toren, Kanonkop, Nederburg, Vergelegen and Waterford were poured.

Yet of the eight elegant producers featured Stateside, less than half...

Read the rest here: http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/pendock/2010/10/25/wosa-with-peri-peri/comment-page-1/  

Interesting... How to Judge a Quality Wine

There is wine… and then there is good wine.  Everyone has heard the jokes about drinking “cheap wine”, but what they don’t realize is that cheap wine can be cheap in a lot more ways than just price.

Wine has many different characteristics and there are a number of excellent medium quality wines which make ideal...
Read the rest here http://stellenbosch.za.net/