Monthly Archives: October 2020
It just goes
Hailing from the coastal areas, hence Seaward, this is a narrow band that is close to the cool Atlantic and also the temperateFalse Bay. Nature takes it course to produce big, flavourful harvests each year.
Multiple prominent reviewers have given this a 90+ points, and it won a Silver medal at the International Wine and Spirits competition of 2019.
To us, it went very well with our ‘all but the kitchen sink’ home made pizza. Bright – just like the red and yellow peppers. Fresh – like the garden tomatoes. Robust and able to hold it all up, like the Middle Eastern Pita base. Full of flavour like the garlic and red onion, and it really brought out the flavour of the Feta.
Spier Seaward – Cabernet Sauvignon
$19.99
14% Alcohol
UPC: 00819457001320
Colourful Meanderings
Late night reading material
Thriving on Chaos, Tom Peters, ISBN 0-06-097184-3
Willie Nelson, My Life, ISBN 978-0-7515-6547-8
The Olive Grove – Travels in Greece, Katherine Kizilos ISBN 0-086442-459-0
Dancing Girl – Themes and improvisations in a greek village setting, Thordis Simonsen ISBN 0-9629766-4-4
Crete on the Half Shell – An Island, Good Friends and Food, Byron Ayanoglu, ISBN 0-00-639160-5
Unusual Signs
Music for Dinner Prep
Charlie Daniel’s Devil Went down to Georgia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh7BZf7D5Bw
A Fistful of Dollars – Danish National Symphony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4niv522mbtM
And Trini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp1z8EzZ5Hs
Leggs .. and hair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGpFcHTxjZs
and then there’s the hair
Sonny & Cher – Little Man 1966 HQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjkeLV8dHdk
Can you still disco Donna and Giorgio – extended
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhKqs7dUMa8
Do as told Pat Boone – Speedy Gonzalez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4s2AMKPHnE
I guess the most important question is: Can you multi task whilst listening to the music?
NB: If you have the doors and windows open and the stereo cranked you might have a larger problem.
a) Feeding everyone that is suddenly camped on your doorstep listening to the music.
b) feeding the po-lice who show up to arrest the neighbours who complained about the music
High Approval
Soft, stony soil. Atlantic Breezes. Welcome to the Maldonado district of Southern Uruguay.
Small town that has built world acclaim
This is a true terroir wine. A distinctive identity, strong personality and sense of place.
We loved it’s immediate intensity, the dryness and balanced acidity with a crisp finish.
New World Winery of the Year 2018 by Wine Enthusiast magazine.
This is one of the Goddess of Wine’s favourite whites and we heartily agree.
Garzon Reserva 2019 Albarino
13.5 % alcohol
$22.99
Life Lesson – with humour
Rack without the Ruin
The chateau is in decay, but he staked everything on the vines.
Improving production and vinification have put new recognition into the region and wines of the Minervois region of Languedoc Roussillon.
And Jean Paux-Rosset (owner) and Claude Gros (winemaker) are using some of the best grape growers in the region.
It’s a mix of Syrah, Grenache, Carignan and Cinsault that takes advantage of the clay/limestone terroir.
Sample slow and often to get the best of it. Highly enjoyable.
Paux-Rosset Gros La Condamine Paulignan 2015
$22.99
14% alcohol
One Mystery Solved
What is the best white wine we’ve had so far in the mystery cases?
This is our first encounter with the Grillo grape … It’s confirmation that we tend to like grapes grown at slightly higher elevations (over 1000 feet).
Harvest is mid-August to retain a balance between sugar levels and acidity. The grapes are pressed, fermented and aged in steel to preserve the freshness.
The organic wine is very dry, light, but remarkably refreshing.
And I’ve already gone back for more – before you snatch up the remaining stock.
Sicilia Grillo – Rapitala Organic
13% alcohol
UPC: 08002010675423
$16.99
