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ANIES PEILLET
VAN LOVEREN MERLOT
A lightly oaked red, this wine has
soft strawberry notes and a rich
fruity palate. It pairs well with
meat, especially red and smoked
as well as cheese.
CASILLERO DEL DIABLO MALBEC
The premium Chilean wine
Casillero del Diablo comes from
the Rapel Valley in Chile from
the Concha Y Toro vineyards.
The colour is Violet, intense and
deep red. Delicious aromas of
black fruit such as plums and
cherries, followed by pepper and
subtle touches of coffee beans
and black chocolate. All very
well balanced wine with hints of
fresh coffee aromas throughout
the palate.
THE GRINDER COFFEE PINOTAGE
FIVES RESERVE CHENIN BLANC
This fruity unwooded wine
offers a rich, fruit-filled crisp
palate and lingering finish. It
is a great summer wine which
can be enjoyed with salads,
cold meat, creamy pasta dishes,
chicken, veal and shellfish.
WINE
PICKS
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The Grinder Coffee Pinotage, a
wine that boasts mocha and coffee
notes, recently won the prize for
the “Best Label Design for Coffee
Pinotages”. This 2012 vintage is
laced with complex meaty, black
cherry, raspberry and slightly
candied aromas on a lush and full
palate. Prepare to have your
expectations exceeded.
We don’t
bother with
wine trends;
I’ve never read
a wine review
in my life
THE WINE
CHICK
On a recent girls’ night out, my friends and I were chatting
over a bottle of wine, musing over how we usually pick our vino.
None of us are wine experts or wine snobs. We are what you
could call wine amateurs and egalitarians. Our selection process
is fairly straightforward. The final cut is based on price, mood
and finally, looks! We tend to prefer wine with pretty labels, the
ones that tell a story or that come recommended by a friend. We
don’t pick our wine to impress anyone but ourselves. We share
our wine and create memories around it. In wine there is laughing, crying and in between a whole lot of bitching about our
boyfriend or husband.
Where color is concerned we don’t discriminate. We run the
gamut from masculine, yang reds to sweet, more yin, whites.
Concerning whites, we have one caveat—ABC (Anything But
Chardonnay). Rose is pretty much a no-no. After all I am French
and have certain standards to uphold!
We don’t bother with wine trends, I have never read a wine
review in my life. Whatever Paul Giamatti’s character was ranting
about in the movie “Sideways,” something about Merlot tasting
“like the back of a …L.A. school bus,” I equate with snobbish
jittering. And where pairing is concerned we are very experimental. In our world Champagne and crisps are a match made in
heaven. So is Merlot and hotdogs.
When it comes to picking wine, in our group of four, eclectic,
highly-opinionated women and one guy (ranging from a stayat-home mother to pharmaceutical company executives and
an advertising rep) anything goes. If we like it, then it’s a good
wine! Period. Based on our very unorthodox picking system
we recently enjoyed the Casillero Del Diablo Malbec and The
Grinder Coffee Pinotage.
Although our wine picking strategy might
sound like a guide to picking a onenight stand (mood, appetite and
looks) we would advise against
that application. Living with the
consequences of drinking one
glass too many is one thing, but
you never know with a one night
stand… Then again, you could always
have a glass of wine to get over it.