MICHAEL FRIDJHON: Special edition Chateau Libertas recaptures style that made it famous
Cinsaut is restored after being pushed out by merlot as the marriage partner in standard Cape red blends
19 October 2022 - 05:06
In his poem Annus Mirabilis Philip Larkin asserts that “sexual intercourse began/in nineteen sixty three”. It’s slightly more difficult to date with absolute precision when the modern Cape wine industry began, but it was certainly later than Larkin’s estimate for sex.
The 1970s were a profoundly important era for Cape wine. The wine of origin legislation became law in January 1973. In those distant days most SA wine came to market in returnable glass and Lieberstein, Virginia and Tassenberg dominated the popular trade...
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