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A world first wine-tasting experience
Science and creativity combine to blend wine and music
Nedbank and Cape Winemakers Guild unveils Tasting Notes: A Story of Sound and Wine
In a world first, five Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Protégés, composers, and neuroscientists have collaborated to create a piece of music that pairs with any glass of Cabernet Sauvignon – scientifically and creatively using music notes to interact with your brain to enhance the tasting notes of the wine.
New Members, Protégés and Committee for Cape Winemakers Guild
The Cape Winemakers Guild (CWG) concludes 2021 on a high note, welcoming Alex Starey, Erika Obermeyer and Richard Kershaw as new Guild Members and Shanice du Preez and Mosima Mabelebele to the Cape Winemakers Guild Protégé Programme.
Buyers invest R10.4 million in top SA wines
In an era of online auctions forced by Covid19 and fuelled by the demand for exceptional South African wines, this weekend saw the 37th Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild (CWG) Auction and its Protégé Programme Charity Auction raise a collective sum of R10 411 000.
Bid, buy, enjoy!
Bid, buy, enjoy!
All you need to know about bidding at the Nedbank CWG Auction
A final word from three legends stepping down as Members of the CWG
"It's time I was on my way
Thanks to you I'm much obliged
For such a pleasant stay."
Jacques Borman (Boschkloof) quotes Led Zeppelin in the 2021 Nedbank CWG Auction catalogue as he takes the final bow this year with Jeff Grier (Villiera) and Jeremy Walker (Grangehurst) as Members of the Cape Winemakers Guild.
Samantha O'Keefe and JD Pretorius make their CWG Auction debut
Words: Samarie Smith WSETDip
Wine has the profound quality of painting a picture of a place and of the person who had the foresight of producing something delicious from it for all to enjoy.
Protégés share “sweet spot” to the heart of the young wine drinker
A relationship with quality wine is like a good friendship. There is never a dull moment and the more quality time invested in the relationship, the more you learn to understand and respect the delicate nuances. Plus, of course, your life is enriched because of it.
This is how we roll
Oaked, or unoaked, that is always the question, layered with a myriad of answers to help winemakers reach their intended flavour and structural destination.
A spectacle of characterful South African wines await
Words: Samarie Smith, WSETDip