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<title>Coravin: THE Wine Preservation Gadget</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Coravin has truly revolutionised the way wine can be drunk. It all began with Greg Lambrecht, who could no longer deal with the frustration of not knowing when his best wines […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-1193" src="https://www.finewineworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSCF3202tiny.jpg" alt="" width="268" height="357" srcset="https://www.finewineworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSCF3202tiny.jpg 2080w, https://www.finewineworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSCF3202tiny-600x800.jpg 600w, https://www.finewineworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSCF3202tiny-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://www.finewineworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSCF3202tiny-1080x1440.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px" />The <a href="https://www.coravin.com/">Coravin</a> has truly revolutionised the way wine can be drunk.
It all began with Greg Lambrecht, who could no longer deal with the frustration of not knowing when his best wines were at peak drinkability – and the impracticality of having to finish any bottle he opened.
His idea was simple – though not easy: keep the wine and cork as they are while still being able to pour yourself a glass. How, you ask? A skinny needle attached to the device is pushed through the cork, drawing out the wine. The wine then pours out of a metal lip at the top of the Coravin. As your glass is being filled, a heavy, neutral gas prevents any oxygen from entering the bottle and thus keeps your wine ageing normally. The cork then naturally reseals itself and the wine is left none the wiser.
The Coravin allows yachts to now offer guests any and all wines by the glass, safe in the knowledge that the bottle will stay as fresh as when first poured. Moreover, it makes hosting tasting events so much simpler and paves the way for guilt-free drinking. With constant upgrades to the machine and the company adding innovations such as screw caps and aerators, you really cannot afford to be left behind with this one. The device has quickly become an industry recognised tool. Trusted with the finest rare and old wines, the Coravin should be on every yacht.
<a href="https://www.finewineworks.com/contact-us/">Get in touch with our Fine Wine team</a> to order yours today, we have direct supply for the machines and stock all replacement gas bottles!
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<description><![CDATA[Superyacht owners and charter guests now have unrivalled access to the world’s most sought-after wines. Leading supplier of fine wine to superyachts, Fine Wine Works, has handpicked a selection of […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Superyacht owners and charter guests now have unrivalled access to the world’s most sought-after wines. Leading supplier of fine wine to superyachts, Fine Wine Works, has handpicked a selection of the world’s fine and rare wines: introducing PURE.
This prestigious collection is unique in today’s wine provisioning market since these wines are actually in stock and available for delivery to yachting clients – from the very start of the season. These wines are the very best in their class, a tag that is backed up by both critics scores and trading prices on the secondary market.
“We know that many of these mythical wines are often at the top of the wine requests on guests’ preference sheets,” comments Helen Brotherton, Fine Wine Work’s owner and lead wine specialist, “however given the short lead-times in yacht provisioning, wine suppliers usually struggle to source them as they are only produced in finite quantities. Not only that but, even if your supplier manages to find them, the wines are delivered in far from optimal drinking condition for the client as they have come rushed from fine wine merchants’ cellars all over Europe – or beyond, to arrive in time for the charter”
In response, the fine wine team at FWW has decided to build a very special selection of the world’s most sought-after wines – starting with Bordeaux and Burgundy, the boom region in wine investment circles. These are wines that connoisseurs want to drink and investors want to have in their collections. Now, the yachting industry has access to these exclusive wines from its temperature controlled cellars on the Côte d’Azur.
Another point of distinction for PURE is that FWW has only sourced vintages that are ready to drink – neither too young nor too old. “I am constantly surprised at how young some of the fine wines offered to the yachting market are,” Helen continues. “These blue-chip wines have defined drinking windows and to drink them too soon – especially at the prices they command – is a real shame. As the experts who wine crew trust for advice, it is our role to only provide them with wines in optimal drinking condition.”
All PURE wines come from trusted sources and bottle shots are available on enquiry.
During the season, stocks will be updated weekly.
“It’s been really exciting hunting for these super top-end wines for our yachting clients. A dream job!” comments Helen.
Please see the current <a href="https://www.finewineworks.com/wine-supply/pure-wines/">PURE Burgundy and PURE Bordeaux list here</a>.
 
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Fortified Wine. Port, Sherry, Madeira, Vins Doux Naturels, to name the chief protagonists. High in alcohol. Some sweet, some bone dry. A myriad of different styles from a host of […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finewineworks.com/blog/uncategorized/sherry-anyone/attachment/chris-and-sherry/" rel="attachment wp-att-592"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-592" title="Chris and Sherry" src="http://finewineworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Chris-and-Sherry-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" srcset="https://www.finewineworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Chris-and-Sherry-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.finewineworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Chris-and-Sherry-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.finewineworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Chris-and-Sherry.jpg 960w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>Fortified Wine. Port, Sherry, Madeira, Vins Doux Naturels, to name the chief protagonists. High in alcohol. Some sweet, some bone dry. A myriad of different styles from a host of different wine producing regions. Some young and fruity, others decades old and fascinatingly complex. Some even capable of outliving the human lifespan!
So when I began revising for my WSET® Level 4 Diploma exam on the subject I knew that the information that I would need to understand would be both extensive and intriguing.
In the Douro Valley in Portugal for example, many producers use robotic lagares, which are a mechanised way of simulating the treading of grapes by foot. Whilst the ruby red slush of grape juice and skins is fermenting it is combined with a proportion of high-strength grape spirit, which kills the fermenting yeasts and stops the fermentation, increasing the alcoholic strength and leaving an amount of residual sugar in the wine, which is why all red Port is sweet.
The city of Jerez de la Frontera however, in the Spanish region of Andalucia, is the home of Sherry, which for wine aficionados is one of the most heinously underrated wine styles on the planet. Here the fortification, or strengthening, most often takes place when the wine has been fermented to dryness, and if the winemaker wishes to create a sweeter style he may add a sweetening agent at a later point. So there are various styles available, from bone-dry tangy finos and manzanillas (perfect with olives on a hot summer evening), to sweet Cream sherries (which were ‘all the rage’ in Britain in the 1970’s). And somewhere in between you find your amontillados, palo cortados and olorosos, each brimming with nutty flavours as a result of differing lengths of time spent ageing oxidatively in wooden casks.
So interesting stuff if you have an interest in wine.
The exam went reasonably well (I touch wood as I write) and some time this month the WSET® will issue my result. I found learning about Fortified Wines extremely enjoyable, and would certainly recommend anyone to try a dry Sherry or Madeira if they are looking for something different as an aperitif. Ok, we are rarely asked to supply these kinds of wines to Superyachts, but students on our WSET® courses will certainly come across them.
The irony is of course, that many of these wines would not have been discovered had they not required fortification in order to survive long periods of time rolling around in the hulls of ships!
Sherry anyone…..?
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<link>https://www.finewineworks.com/neworldwine/fww-wset-level-2-award-in-wine-spirits/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[After years of “winging it” with guests – nodding enthusiastically along with the analysis of the wine at hand and encouraging the conversation back to “New World” wines (namely South-West […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finewineworks.com/blog/?attachment_id=582" rel="attachment wp-att-582"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="600" height="400" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-582" title="La Ciotat May 09" src="http://finewineworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/La-Ciotat-May-09.bmp" alt="" /></a>After years of “winging it” with guests – nodding enthusiastically along with the analysis of the wine at hand and encouraging the conversation back to “New World” wines (namely South-West Australian wines!) as much as possible, I finally decided to do something about my severe lack of wine knowledge and enrolled myself to into the Level 2 (Intermediate) wine course with FWW. The day before the course began; I arrived at Nice airport with my study pack in hand, having furiously read most of the text book in the 2 days leading up. Whilst I had definitely fulfilled the 13 hours of recommended study, I wasn’t particularly sure of how much had actually soaked in… all this talk about grape varieties, regions and appellations! Whilst I had heard all the words before, I had no idea how it all fitted together. After meeting the other students, I was very pleased to hear that they felt the same way! How we were going to get through it? I wasn’t sure.
So off we went, swirling, sniffing and spitting (something I would definitely recommend if you want to actually remember the course!) our way around the wine regions of the world. After a while, I shocked myself…I could actually taste the difference between Pinot Noir and Shiraz! I could taste the difference between the different Chardonnay regions! And after a few animated explanations from the all-knowing Helen, I could understand the breakup of different appellations in the Bordeaux region! It was all coming together, and the memories of previous conversations I had had with guests or other “winos” were now completely embarrassing. How could I have not known that? The answer- because I had never bothered to learn! And now that I have the basics, there is a whole world of wine and food to be explored!
Jean Woodward – ex Chief Stew
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[  “Niiice”, my friendly Italian waiter declared, as I informed him of my choice of the Chianti Classico. I was relieved and grateful that he spoke reasonable English, but had […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ 
<a href="http://www.finewineworks.com/blog/uncategorized/the-italian-job/attachment/images-7/" rel="attachment wp-att-515"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-515" title="images" src="http://finewineworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/images3-150x150.jpeg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>“Niiice”, my friendly Italian waiter declared, as I informed him of my choice of the Chianti Classico. I was relieved and grateful that he spoke reasonable English, but had to suppress a smile as he hurried off to the kitchen, in full bow-tie and tux, like a tanned Latin penguin, sporting the obligatory six o’clock shadow.
 
I was on the first evening’s stopover on a marathon delivery from Vence to Naples, had done 700km that day, and was enjoying tucking into a mouthwatering plate of freshly carved Parma Ham and buffalo mozzarella. Damn it was good. An hour or so later, as I reclined having polished off my cheese, I was presented with some kind of funky Italian digestif. Herbaceous is the word. It was comparable to a shot of extremely viscous pine-scented floor cleaner.
 
Having slept like a (very tired) baby that night, I was relieved to see the van, housing its precious cargo, still in one piece in the car park the next morning. I skipped colazione and got straight on the road. With 150km still to negotiate I was leaving nothing to chance. The early morning summer sun cast crisp shadows across the landscape as I programmed a bit of Rod Stewart onto the ipod. Grab ticket, barrier up, autostrada here we come. A short while later, having been treated to a veritable orgy of seventies pop, the countryside slowly gave way to the city, the expanse of the port came into focus, Sat Nav Lady started to clear her throat.
 
I had heard that Naples was quite an ‘interesting place’, but had no idea that was a euphemism for ‘full of potholes, minimal road markings, and a kind of every man for himself kamikaze approach to driving.’ Desperate to get to my destination with the van’s exterior unblemished, I put Rod out of his misery in order to concentrate fully on the traffic, mopeds coming at me from all angles, like wasps buzzing around a jar of honey. It’s fair to say that I have a love-hate relationship with Sat Nav Lady. She sometimes likes to politely inform me that I ‘have missed my turning, please make a U-turn’, which makes me want to reach into the dashboard and strangle her, but on this occasion, as she declares that my destination is ‘on the right’ I blow her a little kiss. It’s a long way to Naples, and I’m there on time. Phew.
 
Unfortunately the boat, fairly conspicuous little blighter, is nowhere to be seen. It’s on its way from Capri, I am told, so I find a small café and prepare to kill some time. Rudimentary is the best word to describe my grasp of Italian, so I stick with what I know and casually request a doppio espresso per favore, and throw in a quick prego for effect. Lord only knows what is said back to me, but the transaction is completed fairly seamlessly nonetheless.
 
Late morning and the yacht inches slowly into view on the horizon, despite the glare of the fierce Neapolitan sun overhead. I move the van into position and wait. The tender is on its way I learn, and sure enough a sleek looking speedboat soon pulls up at the quay. I change from vest and sandals into my battle gear of FWW polo and deck shoes. “Don’t bugger this up” I think to myself, as I pass the first box of champagne to the crew. “I certainly haven’t come all this way to drop a bottle on the quayside!”
 
Forms signed, forms stamped, my work here is done. Me, Rod and Sat Nav Lady are back on the road. Chianti will be my stopover tonight. My mission to get a cold beer in my hand before sundown.
 
This wasn’t a usual delivery, completely the opposite in fact. But at our company we are blessed with very loyal customers, who place a great deal of trust in us to get their wine to them on time. If that means driving to Naples, then so be it. If that means imbibing enough roadside coffee to keep you awake for a month then so be it. Happy customers make repeat customers, and this time we literally went the extra mile.
 
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Blog 13 I suppose we should count ourselves lucky – we supply wines to Super Yachts here in the Mediterranean and obviously have access to a myriad of wonderful French […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Blog 13 
<a href="http://www.finewineworks.com/blog/uncategorized/459/attachment/hvar1/" rel="attachment wp-att-465"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-465" title="Hvar1" src="http://finewineworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Hvar1-300x211.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="211" /></a> 
I suppose we should count ourselves lucky – we supply wines to Super Yachts here in the Mediterranean and obviously have access to a myriad of wonderful French & Italian wines, can just about get anything from anywhere with a bit of notice. But for any charters heading to Croatia this Summer, things are not quite so easy! Our marvellous Partners there are Alessia & Marin of Yacht Gourmet Croatia
They endeavour valiantly to get you the Wines the guests have asked for but it can be a struggle! Things should get a whole lot easier when trade barriers fall in 2013 and Croatia joins the EU but in the meantime, YGC asked us to taste through some of the very best local wines that they would be able to supply to those adventurous Yacht guests who want to sample the indigenous stuff! Here is a summary of the stars of the show: 
All the wines are covered by the Vrhunsko Vino classification and so are all top quality wines. 
<a href="http://www.finewineworks.com/blog/uncategorized/459/attachment/images-1-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-468"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-468" title="images-1" src="http://finewineworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/images-11.jpeg" alt="" width="283" height="178" /></a> 
Whites 
1. Traminac “Ledena Berba” (Ice Wine) 2008 
Producer: Iločki Podrumi 
This remarkable cellar supplied wines drunk at Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation so quite a history! The Traminac grape is more familiar to most of us as “Gewürztraminer”. Honeyed, smooth and delicately floral, not as bold and brassy as a Sauternes – one for lovely fresh fruit and berry desserts.
2. Goldberg Golden Selection Chardonnay 2008 
Producer: Vinogorije Baranja 
There is a bit of residual sugar in this wine – they blend a little sweet wine in with the straight Chardonnay so if you are expecting a Puligny Montrachet “look alike” then beware – this is off-dry BUT a luscious, rich and spicy mouthful with lots of tropical fruit. This could stretch to a match with sweeter seafood like scallops or with fruity salad – I mean melon & parma ham type combos!
Reds 
3. Goldberg Golden Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 200 
Producer: Vinogorije Baranja 
A real blackcurranty blockbuster – this one is more akin to a modern New World fruit driven style. The tannins are restrained which makes it really approachable and easy to drink. Big flavour profile so one for robust grills and BBQ’s
4. Festiga Riserva Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 
Producer: Vino Laguna Istria 
Very jammy, spicy and bold – cooked black fruits, liquorice and slightly earthy undertones. Almost like a Super Tuscan style – not a shy little red!
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<title>Silly Season!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<category><![CDATA[CREW WINE]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[So with the season in full swing and the warehouse still heaving with stock (got to try and beat those French and Italian suppliers who are about to close their […]
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So with the season in full swing and the warehouse still heaving with stock (got to try and beat those French and Italian suppliers who are about to close their doors for some or all of August!), the FWW team have had some pretty extraordinarily daft challenges to meet! I am still completely bewildered by the incomprehensible truth that billionaire yacht owners and charters regularly deliberately leave choosing the wines for their super holiday to very, very last minute and risk disappointment!
We’ve already had mad dashes around the countryside to pick wines up direct from producers rather than trust a third party courier or transporter. And with orders tending to come in overnight or at weekends when although WE are working – everyone else has clocked off….we do have to take extreme measures to satisfy our clients. 
But, I’m rather chuffed to be able to say with confidence that so far, so good this season – happy yacht crew with on time deliveries (and free crew wine, of course as a thank you) , delightfully pampered guests on board merrily quaffing exactly what they wanted to be drinking and confident Stews armed with M/Y Club tasting notes serving some absolutely cracking wines! 
We’ve just been given the exclusivity of the amazing AIX rosé for the yacht market in the Med (see our Blog “Everything’s coming up Rosé” for details) and as Domaine owner Eric Kurver has given us a super sized Mathusalem (6 litre) bottle of AIX to help promote it – we’ve decided to do something fittingly silly with it. So the idea of the FWW Olympic Rosé torch was born! For the on-going run up to the London Olympics and right until the end of the Games, we shall be taking this ridiculously large bottle to as many deliveries and ports as possible, with crazy photo opportunities wherever achievable. Watch out for the action on our Facebook page!
Silly season? Downright daft!!!!!
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The burly French butcher eyed me suspiciously, as if my accent had betrayed un peu trop de rosbif. He pulled out from beneath the counter an enormous slab of bovine […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finewineworks.com/blog/uncategorized/il-me-faut-une-entrecote-sil-vous-plait/attachment/le_volte273-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-447"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="http://finewineworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Le_Volte2732-150x150.jpg" alt="" title="Le_Volte273" width="150" height="150" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-447" /></a>The burly French butcher eyed me suspiciously, as if my accent had betrayed un peu trop de rosbif.
He pulled out from beneath the counter an enormous slab of bovine flesh, and sunk his glistening blade into it with a sickening thud. 
Mon Dieu, I thought to myself, this is the Riviera’s answer to Sweeney Todd. 
Slap, my steak was dispatched to the scales. 
“Ca sera tout merci” I muttered, quickly settling and making for the exit. 
Back in the flat I pondered how best to do this beast justice. 
Slather it in olive oil, garlic, and a bit of seasoning I decided, and give it a good sizzle on the barbie. 
My barbecue, purchased for a snip at 18 Euros from our friends in Leclerc, and of extremely poor quality, took a little while to get going, so I decided to employ my WSET Diploma Unit 2 Study Guide as a means of fanning the coals. 
We were up and roaring in no time, giving me a small window of opportunity to decant half a bottle of Ornellaia Le Volte 2009, a recommendation from The Oracle (Helen). 
Shortly afterwards I seated myself in front of a plate of beautifully grilled steak and vegetables. 
I took a mouthful, and then, what I had really been waiting for, a sip of Le Volte. 
My mouth was coated with a torrent of sweet red and black fruit, plums, cherry, and trademark Italian acidity. 
The wine was rich and rounded, extremely approachable in its relative youth, in part no doubt because of the 50% Merlot in the blend. 
Full-bodied yet not heavy, the velvety tannins marrying perfectly with the succulent red meat. 
Eating and sipping, eating and sipping, it’s always the sign of a good food match, and this was that at its most simple. 
Munching away happily, serenaded by the sound of the cicadas, and the occasional whizz of a moped on the road below, the balmy heat of the day having eased a little, I knew I was in a good place. 
Chris Ashton- FWW
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Our last call on our whistle – stop tour of the best of South Africa (a well-earned & much needed break from teaching WSET® Wine Courses to Yacht Crew and […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finewineworks.com/blog/neworldwine/410/attachment/get-attachment-4-aspx-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-489"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-489" title="get-attachment-4.aspx" src="http://finewineworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/get-attachment-4.aspx_1-300x199.jpeg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a>Our last call on our whistle – stop tour of the best of South Africa (a well-earned & much needed break from teaching WSET® Wine Courses to Yacht Crew and our first proper holiday since I don’t know when!) Realizing that we were also heading back home to the Côte d’Azur and straight into a busy season of Wine Supply to Yachts, we thought we better make the most of our very last day!
The grand finale was a “bells and whistles” blow out lunch at Hidden Valley winery and their “Overture” restaurant, after a last dive into the Kanonkop winery en-route. Couldn’t resist trying one of the oldest and most well-respected wineries in Stellenbosch and we were literally passing the door…. 
Best of the Bunch: Kanonkop “Paul Sauer” 2008 – again, one of those “determined to beat Bordeaux at its own game” blends. Cab Sauv dominating at 69% plus a fairly even sprinkling of Merlot & Cab Franc to make up the balance. And balanced it was! A very tarry nose with herbs, medicinal notes, burnt rubber and earth. Then raisin and black fruit on the palate. Firm tannins and structure and a slightly vegetal conclusion: mushrooms, leather and wet leaves. A lick of bilberries at the end brought quite a dramatic wine to a rounded finish. 8 /10
On to the restaurant – a winding road takes us off the beaten track (literally) and away from the bustle of Stellenbosch. Table Mountain still had its napery clouds and as midday beckoned it was time to settle down, absorb the spell-binding views and sip a glass of Rosé Brut Cap Classique – a subtle but berry rich fizz from Chenin Blanc and Pinotage. 
The wine pairing Gastronomy fest began with Seared Scallops, Pancetta with a Cauliflower Cream and Tempura, Sweetcorn and a Tomato Concasse with a Deep-fried Sage Leaf to garnish. Slurped alongside was “Lekanyone” 2009 Chenin, Viognier and Verdhelo which was extraordinarily vigorously fruity with orchard and stone fruits and grassy, citrus lift at the end. A step away from the norm followed with Crumbed Sweetbread Nuggets with Truffle Mayo, Fine Beans and Mustard & Cress served with a lightly chilled straight Cinsault (not something one sees often!). Sour cherries, black pepper, low tannin but again intensely fruity and juicy – definitive with the Sweetbreads! Both wines rated 8 /10
Steak Tartare with a Mustardy Dressing, Salad and some home- fried Crisps (Chips) came next and this is where I (Helen) awarded my highest EVER score for a Pinotage! The home-grown version Hidden Valley Pinotage 2009 scored no less than 9 /10!! Nigel even photographed the momentous occasion whilst I scribbled comments on its smoky nose, inky coffee and cocoa-beans. Marvelled at its silky texture, floral, violet aromas and serious nod back to one of its parents: a rather delicate yet delicious Pinot Noir. Lovely fruity finish and a cut through the rich, but perfectly seasoned Tartare which was rapier-like!
Sole served on the Bone (frankly, as it should be!) with a simple Petits Pois a la Francaise was supreme with Bouchard Finlayson’s cool climate Hermanus unoaked Chardonnay 2010. A glass brimful of minerals, stone furit, shivers of dill-weed, anise, citrusy and aromatic. Like a rich 1er Cru or even Grand Cru Chablis. 8 /10 
Then, as my Tasting Notes in the little Black Book get slightly more spidery and haphazard came a splendid Cheese Platter, served imaginatively and seductively on an Oak Barrel Stave. The long curving strip of wood was placed between us and oozed runny, nutty, squidgy, stinky epicurean fromagey delights. Fabulous home-made crackers and breads and although not a big fan of the sweet accompaniments often served with Cheese, I confess every scraping of home-made Fig Jam and crunckly bits of Honey-comb were hoovered up by the Brotherton Piggies! You can’t overlook South Africa’s Fortified Wine history and although a protected “name” – this was PORT! Called Bredell’s Cape Vintage 2001 “Port Style” this berry fruited, vanilla scented grippy sweetie had us groaning with pleasure.
The finale was a light as a feather Apricot & Brandy Soufflé. Our marvellous waiter / sommelier announced it was a new Pud that day and that the Chef had suggested a SA Van Ryne 10 yr old Brandy to go with it. Tenbi by then knew that we were in the Wine Trade and so when I suggested the Brandy was just too heady, over-poweringly spirity for the dessert he whisked out a delightful botrytis Semillon which then took the Apricot notes from the pud and ran a half marathon of joy! 
Too very plump but happy FWW’s had to squeeze rather hard to get into our Cattle Class airline seating for that evening’s flight home to France. All worth it though! 
Helen Brotherton 
June 2012
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<title>What a lot of OTT!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Here at FWW, we are pretty much sorted for the Rosé tap being turned on here on the Côte d’Azur! The sun is out (at last!!), the sky is blue, […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finewineworks.com/blog/uncategorized/what-a-lot-of-ott/attachment/selle_03/" rel="attachment wp-att-454"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-454" title="selle_03" src="http://finewineworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/selle_03-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Here at FWW, we are pretty much sorted for the Rosé tap being turned on here on the Côte d’Azur! The sun is out (at last!!), the sky is blue, the ports are a-buzzin’ with Yacht activity and yes, we have stock of all the usual suspects. The Rosés everyone seems to want; the names and funny shaped bottles, you need to be seen drinking if you are a yacht guest or owner somewhere down über cool St Tropez way…..we’ve got them for you!
We were invited to the launch of the Domaine Ott new vintage wines last month on the Plage Keller on Cap d’Antibes. Even as a non-beach fan, I could see the appeal of the location and as the sun went down we were more than happy to taste our way through the three Ott estates. Yes we kicked off the tasting with the Mirabelle plum scented Blanc de Blancs white from Clos de Mireille, and yes, we rounded the evening off with the Bandol rouge from Ch Romassan; smoky, tarry but lacking real fruit definition. But the main “sandwich filling” for the evening had to be a great opportunity to contrast and compare the Rosés from the three estates!
The home of the dry white, Clos de Mireille gave us a delicate rosé with barely any fruit, a gentle whiff of redcurrant, a bit of strawberry – not much else! Maybe it was just out of the starting gates in terms of bottling, but it wasn’t over exciting! 4 /10. 
Next the Ch de Selle, Côtes de Provence, which had always previously been my preferred one from Ott. Surprisingly, almost no colour at all! Deceptive when poured from magnum, once in the glass, it was almost nude and I fear most Yacht guests would declare that they ordered rosé wine, so “what the hell is this??” More melon than red-fruit, and fruit jelly character – pleasant enough, but I do think striving for that pale a colour will leave guests perplexed as to what exactly it is they are supposed to be experiencing! 6 /10.
Finally, the star of the show and so the decision maker when questioning what was to represent this famous Provence house as FWW’s chosen Rosé. A no brainer! The Bandol offering from Ch Romassan was so much livelier than the other two and had more spirit and guts and pzazz and oomph! Slightly deeper colour – still pale, but that distinctive apricot wash that one associates with coastal Provence pink wine. Fruit reminiscent of rhubarb and redcurrants and Wimbledon strawberries and cream. Good length too. 7 /10
So as the sun started to slip down over the Cap and the distant port of Antibes with its bobbing yachts, the inner warmth of just one too many glasses of rosé and the realisation that very, very soon our lovely coast would be madly busy with sun-worshippers, yachties and the Riviera elite – all sipping cool, refreshing and juicy rosé wine. Here’s to a good long Summer!
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