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MICHAEL FRIDJHON: Summer on the way, so fresh and crisp is order of the day
With summer powering its way through ever more abrupt spring days, the swing to white wines has been faster than the fall of Bell Pottinger. A month ago, restaurants and wine stores were still doing a roaring trade in robust reds. Now even the rosés are battling to get a look in as "fresh and crisp" are the key descriptors on many shopping lists. Fortunately, the Cape’s strength in white wines offers a seemingly endless range of possibilities. For sauvignon blanc fans, there is a choice of styles and a palette of flavours to suit every palate. Oz Clarke, one of the UK’s best-known wine writers, was in SA a few years back to judge at the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show. At the post-judging press feedback session, he announced that the stylistic breadth of SA’s sauvignon blanc sets us apart from every other wine-producing country. "You can do fabulous Loire-style wines, but also brilliant Kiwi lookalikes. You also have your own unique expressions of the grape. Nowhere else in the world of...
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