Real Discovery: Reasons to go to the Real Wine Fair
Try a wine made from a blend of 400 grape varieties Meet a former punk musician turned winemaker Taste a wine made from a wild vineyard in Chile Discover a…
Language and wine – some observations
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even…
Meet the growers: Georgia
The Real Wine Fair is delighted to welcome back a sizeable contingent of Georgian wine growers for the 2014 event. Wine is truly integral to Georgian culture; it enjoys a…
Rootstock Sydney 2014: thoughts
--Christina Pickard When something works well the first time, repeating it isn't an easy feat. The follow up album after a band's massively successful first release all too often fails…
Meet the Growers: England
Crème Anglaise! English wines at The Real Wine Fair? As the French are wont to say “Gorblimey!” or as the English say: “Nom d’un Chien, Mille Tonnerres!!” We begin on…
Meet the Growers: Spain & Portugal
There are perceptible stirrings of “real wine life” in the hidden parts of Spain and Portugal. Consider these countries with their wine heritages, mosaic of terroirs, range of climates and…
Meet the Growers! Part 2: Italy
Italian growers have once again turned out in grandi numeri for The Real Wine Fair. From the foothills of the Alps to the cusp of Africa, from Piemonte to Sicilia,…
Real Wine: South Africa
A Brief Perspective The Real Wine Revolution – no shots were fired, no-one is bleeding, a few professional carpers have taken umbrage and harrumphed off into the distance complaining about…
Meet the Growers! Part 1: France
The Loire is the beating heart of the natural wine movement in France, where strong traditional values rub amiable shoulders with teasing iconoclasm. We are pleased to welcome back some…
Of Craig Hawkins, Lammershoek, and Testalonga
They order things differently in Swartland Lammershoek is situated in the Aprilskloof Valley of the Paardeberg The soil is decomposed granite, very sandy in places They have 60 head of…