A wine culture existed in today’s Ukraine already in the 4th century BC at the south coast of the Crimea. Presses and amphoras were found from this period. Wine cultivation in the northern part of the country (around Kyiv and Chernihiv) however only started in the 11th century by monks. Today, vineyards can be found…
Harrogate Medical Wine Society’s March 2024 tasting featured a selection of Valpolicella from the renowned Veneto producer Tedeschi. The event was held at the Masonic Hall in Harrogate and was supported by Tedeschi UK agent John Fells & Sons The wines were presented by HMWS member Rob Buckley. NV XBRT (D.O.C.G.Rive di Rolle Extra Brut),…
Post is by guest writer Anthony Lee A few kilometres from the centre of Adelaide, as the land starts to rise into the hills, lies the core of the Penfolds’ operation. This is where it all started and where today a modern visitor centre stands alongside the old buildings where Penfolds’ signature wine – The…
Bartinney Private Cellar is set on the slopes of the Botmaskop overlooking the Banhoek Valley in Stellenbosch. It was established in 1912, and has been in the Jordaan family since 1953. Today, Rose and Michael Jordaan tend the 28-hectare farm where old vines are planted to a height of 550m above sea level and with…
The January 2024 Long Liquid Lunch or “LLL” is the fifth of a series of Gourmet Sunday Lunches with matching Fines Wines arranged by the Harrogate Medical Wine Society. The fifth LLL was held on Sunday 7 January 2024 at the Oakdale Golf Club in Harrogate. The lunch was for 14 members of the Society…
We checked out of Portswood Hotel after breakfast to drive to Riebeek Kasteel in Swartland, 50 kilometres north of Cape Town, to taste at Mullineux. Before leaving Cape Town, a visit was made at the bustling Food Market a few blocks from the hotel. Before reaching the Mullineux Farm, a brief stop was made at…
Cape of Good Hope is a rocky promontory at the southern end of Cape Peninsula. It is known for its spectacular scenery, stormy weather and rough seas. It was originally named the Cape of Storms by Portuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias in 1488. It was later renamed, by King John II of Portugal, the Cape of Good…
We devoted the morning to visiting with a guide a number of Uthando Projects in Cape Town. Uthando (Love) South Africa is a Fair Trade Tourism organization creating a link between tourism and community development projects in Cape Town’s townships. They aim to uplift and inspire the local communities through projects that focus on music, dance,…
The vast Constantia estate was established in a sheltered valley with decomposed granite soils and facing False Bay by Simon van der Stel, the first governor of the Cape, in 1685. Muscat grapes were planted and winemaking started in 1692. After Van der Stel’s death in 1712, Constantia was divided into three Bergvliet, Groot Constantia…
On the third day of the Harrogate Medical Winer Society’s 2023 tour of South Africa, we tasted at Waterkloof and had lunch at Chorus Restaurant at the winery. The visit was arranged by Waterkloof’s Louis Boutinot Paul Boutinot took over the 100 ha. farm in October 2003. Vineyards cover 53 ha. and the rest is…
In October 2023, six of us, all members of the Harrogate Medical Wine Society, spent just under three weeks in South Africa sightseeing in Cape Town, tasting wine in Cape Town and Stellenbosch, watching wildlife in the Kruger and relaxing in Dullstroom in the Panorama Route. This is how it went. On Day 1, Sunday…
Ktima Kir–Yianni, founded by Yiannis Boutaris in 1997, is a wine estate with vineyard holdings in Naoussa and Amyndeon, in Northwestern Greece. Harrogate medical Wine Society visited the estate for a tasting during the April 2023 wine tour of Northern Greece and arranged a tasting Kir-Yianni wines in Harrogate in association with Enotria&Coe who are the UK agents…
The November 2023 tasting of the Harrogate Medical Wine Society focused on wines made with varietals relatively new to South Africa. Members mingled, chatted and sipped Delaire Graff Coastal Cuvée Sauvignon Blanc 2023 with goats cheese before the tasting proper. Soft music played in the background. The wine is a blend of 94% Sauvignon Blanc…
Jean Trimbach, the sales and export director of Maison F. E. Trimbach who have been producing great Alsace wines for thirteen generations in Ribeauvillé, presented a selection of the estates wines over dinner at the York Minster Refectory. York Minster Refectory is a brasserie style restaurant in the grade 2 listed former York Minster School…
Nicholas Corfe of GoBrazil presented a selection of new wines from Brazil to members of the Harrogate Medical Wine Society at the Masonic Hall in Harrogate on Monday 23 October 2023. The aim of the tasting was to illustrate the breadth and depth of contemporary Brazilian wine-making and to pass on some observations from his…
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