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Whatever happened to Stellenzicht?Back in 1997, John Platter wrote that Stellenzicht Syrah “might become the priciest, most prized modern Cape wine”, and called it “one of SA’s newest and most convincing cult wines”.
When you are invited to a Delaire Graff wine tasting on Zoom, your first thought might be “how the heck do you hold a virtual version of such a sensory event?” After all, you need to inhale the bouquet, hold the glass up to the light to see the “beaded bubbles winking at the brim” and let the flavours wash over your taste buds.
When you are invited to a wine tasting on Zoom, your first thought might be, “How the heck do you hold a virtual version of such a sensory event?” After all, you need to inhale the bouquet, hold the glass up to the light to see the “beaded bubbles winking at the brim”, and let the flavours wash over your tastebuds.