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Wines of the Day: Ladies, meet the white blends
Just as as girlfriends blend together around a lunch table bonding, so some wine varietals bond and blend very well together. Some wine makers have the magic touch.
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Wines are chosen according to high point scored and 4 or 5 star value for money. In other words, for the price that you pay for the quality which is in the bottle, you will be well pleased with your purchase.
2011 Constantia Uitsig Constantia
TASTING NOTES
Pale lemon yellow, butterscotch, toasty aromas, fine, mown hay and elderflower fruit, perfumed but refined, almost creamy on the palate, with a silky persistent finish.
OCCASIONS
– Elegant Meal
– Winter Meal
– Summer Meal
– Impress your Boss
GOES WITH
– Cured Meats
– Fish
– Shellfish
– Oysters/Sushi
2011 Allée Bleue Wines Isabeau
TASTING NOTES
Green-edged mid-yellow, plush apricot, butterscotch notes, showy and slightly smokey on the palate, rich, yet restrained, with faintly caramel finish.
OCCASIONS
– Elegant Meal
– Summer Meal
– Impress your Boss
– Dazzle a Date
GOES WITH
– Poultry
– Fish
– Roast Vegetables
– Soy-based Oriental/Asian
2012 Solms Delta Vastrap
TASTING NOTES
Green tinged pale straw. Grilled hazelnut and apricot aromas fine, poised good intensity yet unintrusive, delicately spicy peardrop finish.
OCCASIONS
– Elegant Meal
– Winter Meal
– Summer Meal
– Dazzle a Date
GOES WITH
– Roast Vegetables
– Fish
– Shellfish
– Oysters/Sushi
