Ep 041: South Africa

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2012

⏱️ 31 minutes

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This week we talk about South Africa, one of my favorite countries. After going there in 2005, I became enamored of the wine and the country. Since then, I’ve been a big fan! In this episode we hit on: The history of South African wine and why it’s a good bridge between the Old and New World How South Africa’s Price to Value ratio measures up The climate, geography, and varietals of the main growing regions The Wine of Origin or regional specificity pyramid Some detail on the most important wine regions: Stellenbosch, Paarl/Franschoek, Overberg, Robertson, and more…and why I love Swartland and think it has major potential! I love South Africa and its wines. If you ever get a chance to visit or even look at pictures, check it out. It’s a really special place! If you like the podcast, please review it on iTunes, drop a comment below, or join the awesome conversation on Facebook (Wine For Normal People page) and Twitter @normalwine! If you̵ [...]

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0:00.0	Thanks for
0:08.0	downloading Wine for Normal People Radio,
0:10.0	the podcast for people who like wine,
0:12.0	but not the snobbery that goes with it.
0:16.0	I'm Elizabeth Schneider, a certified Zillma Yea and certified specialist of wine.
0:20.0	And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal personal.
0:24.8	We had such a great time virtually traveling to Spain last show that this week we are going to embark on armchair travel.
0:34.4	Well, for you it's on armchair travel because you've actually been there.
0:38.0	I have been there and it was one of the best travel experiences I've ever had.
0:42.0	I know you raved about it on and on.
0:47.3	We are talking about South Africa this week. The wines of South Africa are so interesting and unfortunately I don't feel like it's
0:55.9	really taken off in the way that I had hoped South African wine would but I think that
1:01.6	there's still a lot of potential and in the future we're going to see a lot more
1:05.9	wines from South Africa of very high quality. A lot of the stuff that's available in the market right
1:10.6	now I feel is sort of lower quality but there is so much out
1:15.2	there that is phenomenal and this country believe it or not has a very long
1:21.6	history of winemaking and we're going to talk a little bit about that because
1:24.8	it's important to the legacy and what is happening today with South African wine and how it's
1:31.2	viewed in the world.
1:32.2	Makes sense.
1:33.4	Now see, I would have thought that it would have exploded after your award-winning essay.
1:38.8	You're not allowed to say how fabulous it was, but I can say it.
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