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Wine Tour Series: Stellenbosch, South Africa
If you are as passionate about travelling as you are about making wine, Stellenbosch should be on your travel bucket list. This hilly town in South Africa, established in 1679, has been producing wine...
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Is it okay to hack your wine kit?
For most people, the word ‘hack’ either calls up the act of chopping wood, or a terrible golf swing. The modern definition, borrowed from people who like to fiddle about with computers, is the practice...
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Popular white wines for the holidays
Being ready for the Christmas holidays requires organizational super powers. With gifts to wrap, cookies to bake, decorations to put up and so much food to prepare, it’s a struggle to get everything...
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A festival of festivals: four ways to join the celebration
Do you ever eat or drink something that takes you back to a certain moment in time? A special occasion, a memorable vacation, or maybe even a fantasy in your mind? This is what we envisioned when the...
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Are you serving your wine in the most suitable glass?
With the holidays fast approaching, odds are you will soon be hosting guests and serving your best craft wines. Although glassware is obviously not as important as the wine inside, your craft wine will...
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Common craft winemaking mistakes (and how to avoid them!)
The winemaking team at RJS Craft Winemaking has been helping craft winemakers perfect the art of making craft wine for over 50 years. We have seen many amateur winemakers make outstanding, even award...
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‘Tis the season for tradition
Every family has their own traditions at Christmas time. Some traditions we inherit from our parents, traditions undoubtedly passed down from many generations. Other traditions we create ourselves and...
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Add the perfect wine to your dessert
Some friends came to my house for dinner recently. You know the scene: A few middle-aged girl pals reminiscing over lasagna, and several glasses of Pinot Noir. After polishing off the second bottle of...
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The inside scoop on grape skins
If you’ve ever peeled a red grape, you’ll have seen something interesting: the flesh is actually pale yellow–not red– and if you eat it separately from the skin it’s sweet, but actually kind of bland....
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Perfectly pairing dinner with friends
Over the last fifteen years we’ve often gotten together with our neighbours for dinner. In the last three years we’ve begun regularly entertaining one another in the form of a progressive dinner....
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