November 9, 2011
Plenty of French wine has passed my lips recently, which meant the powerful presence of this interesting South African blend caught me unaware. For some reason I wasn’t expecting a whole lot. I thought this Bordeaux-style combo of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc would be pleasant enough but no more. It’s a [...]
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July 14, 2011
Such is the success of the Goats Do Roam label in capturing the imagination of the humour-starved wine world that its brand name redirects to an actual ‘Wine humour‘ page on Wikipedia. The page isn’t that long, but good on Charles Back for getting his name on there. I remember Goats Do Roam from my [...]
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