Wine, food, cooking and accessories

Preliminary data from census made by INV (National Institute of Viticulture) reveal that 30,000 hectares of Malbec and 103,000 hectares of red varieties, covering 48% of the total grown area, are changing the historical ratio of basic and high-quality grapes. According to preliminary data resulting from the first wine census of Argentina within 20 years, [...]

Dourthe N°1 will be served to world leaders at the forthcoming G8 summit to be held in Deauville, May 26-27th 2011. Recognised as a benchmark in quality for Bordeaux brands, Dourthe N°1 has been selected by the Lucien Barriere group to feature systematically at all G8 dining opportunities. The leaders of the G8 world powers, [...]

You still have a month left to show your appreciation to your dad on Fathers Day – 19th June 2011. Forget the socks and the prog rock CD compilations and treat him to something useful for a change. Our Fathers Day Cookery Course lets the men take control of the kitchen with a focus on [...]

Barrels & Bottles were the official Champagne sponsor to the 2011 Chatsworth Horse Trials with Champagne Joseph Perrier. Here a rider carefully jumps the Barrels & Bottles fence part of a tricky water combination.

We thought we would share the story of an Easter egg disaster averted by Coghlans : “On 23rd April my husband and I hosted an annual ball for our charity – The Annabelle Rose Foundation for Spinal Muscular Atrophy. With it being Easter weekend it was only natural that was the theme for the evening. [...]

“We started harvest with cooler conditions than normal. This enabled us to ensure picking and receiving grapes until midday with grape temperatures below 19° C. Our production is smaller than expected. We have had no rot on our grapes and keep on receiving healthy fruit. In the middle of harvest we had a short heat [...]

Recently, Lutzville Vineyards has undergone some key changes and has now formed a working partnership with Simonsvlei. This means that we will now have access to storage and bottling facilities closer to the port of Cape Town. Due to the new working partnership, there have been unavoidable disruptions to supply as we integrated our new [...]

After a week away I returned to a beautiful new Miele kitchen with some stunning equipment and gorgeous units to complete the overhaul. New equipment from Taylor Eye Witness and Le Creuset complete the experience. Don’t forget our Miele experience days which allow you to use the latest Miele equipment at greatly reduced rates of [...]

Yesterday saw a wealth of activity in the new Miele refit. The electrics are almost complete and the extraction / air conditioning is awaiting the extraction hoods for completion. Part of the refit includes a new Riedel tasting room with state-of-art climate controlled wine storage and display units. All future tastings will see us using [...]

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