I remember a young South African winemaker not long out of university swirling and sniffing a glass of Springfield Estate Wild Yeast Chardonnay and telling me that the way it was made contradicted everything he was told to do at school. “This is how not to make wine,” he told me “and I love it.”
Posts Tagged ‘springfield estate’
Dec
18
A Weekend Wine (2): Springfield Estate Life from Stone Sauvignon Blanc
Bill Nanson’s Burgundy Report is required reading for any fine wine lover and his Big Red Diary blog is one that I check every day too. This week Bill included a piece that he had spotted on JF Mugnier’s website (I love the way information spreads online) about a new bio-insecticide. It’s pretty funny:
(credits to www.burgundy-report.com & www.mugnier.fr)
Hmmm… bio-insecticides.
One of the less …
Jul
08
Summer Drinking…had me a blast…
I’m not going to mince my words here…
The Bibendum Summer Wine Sale is now on!
So if you’re not sure what to drink this Summer then let me guide you to some goodies. First up a nod to the blogosphere where some notable scribblers have put their noses in a glass or two.
Jamie Goode picked out Spy Valley Marlborough Riesling 2007:
“It’s super fresh, with explosive flavours of …
May
20
A quick look at Springfield Estate
At last week’s LIWF event at ExCel I reckon I only had time to try about 20 wines…in 3 days…out of thousands! Being busy is a good thing, I kept telling myself. Sweating a bit is less good but acceptable in the circumstances, I also told myself. Perhaps I just spent too long telling myself stuff…
Anyway, I did manage to escape the Big Brother stand for …