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Weekend The Classique Way with Spier

Cap Classique Day has been going for a strong 51 years, and with the momentum merely peaking, it’s clear it’s bound to do another 51 years to come. Celebrate this special day this weekend with a variety of Cap Classique activities.

Cap Classique Day has been going for a strong 51 years, and with the momentum merely peaking, it’s clear it’s bound to do another 51 years to come. Celebrate this special day this weekend with a variety of Cap Classique activities. Whether you visit your favourite estates that produce some of the most delicious MCCs found in the country, or picnic with a group of friends, make sure your…

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South Africa's Ken Forrester Shows Off Chenin Blanc to the World

South Africa's Ken Forrester Shows Off Chenin Blanc to the World @WOSACanada @KFwines #Stellenbosch #CheninBlanc

Karl MyWinePal with Ken Forrester

Ken Forrester and his wife started their winery together with their young family;  Buying a large 38 ha plot of land in the Stellenbosch region of South Africa, and working with farmers over 90 ha of scattered parcels.  Ken wanted to produce the best wine in the world and has been working with the Chenin Blancgrape to try to achieve that goal.  He is doing very…

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A small army of our small-batch Blanc de Blancs in the tasting room ready to have the neck labels applied. These are applied individually by-hand before we wrap and package the bottles for your next party!

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Méthode Cap Classique, new and old methods. We have made 1,200 bottles of Blanc de blancs from our estate Chardonnay and winemaker Bernard was interested in testing the differences between the new and old methods of riddling.

Riddling is the process of slowly turning the bottles to gently move the lees to the neck of the bottle. The necks are then flash-frozen, the lees removed, and a dosage of wine added back to fill the bottles. This is quite a process, a post for another day!

Riddling by hand is done on triangular racks and the wine has to be turned every day. Very cool but also very labour-intensive. The new method is to pack the bottles into a cage and then have a machine with hydraulic lifts slowly move the cage over a period of two weeks. Man vs. machine! Only time well tell if there is a big difference. I like the old method but understand that it is very expensive. The next time you enjoy a good bottle of inexpensive Cava you can thank machine riddling for making these inexpensive bubblies possible... Because of our small production we will always have some hand riddling racks involved.