Two wineries being neighborly!”. Glen Carlou and Backsberg are neighboring wineries in Paarl who kindly hosted me for a tasting of both wines, then lunch at Backsberg’s lovely al fresco restaurant. The Backsberg winery has 110 ha under vineyard and additional satellite vineyards in two other areas. Glen Carlou Website. MORE >>

This is a tiny town in the Northern Rhone, famous for its red wine made from Syrah and white from Viognier. Today this is the Rhone valley's continuously operating winery. 25 million recently was invested in Vidal-Fleury, used to renew the winery and optimize aging, bottling, and maturation. Imagine yourself in Ampuis in 1781. MORE >>

Porterhouse was the elegant venue for a tutored tasting of La Follette wine lead by winemaker Greg La Follette (formerly of Flowers, de Loach) who recently launched a new winery last year called La Follette. and runners up the 2001 Torbreck RunRig Shiraz (3% Viognier) and the 2001 and 2006 Torbreck The Struie Shiraz. scallops. MORE >>

Fabulous visit today to Familia Deicas winery today, home of some of the best Bordeaux style wines in the world. It is a giant winery with many different buildings, including an old brick building that was a dairy a hundred years ago. yet from the tasting notes below you can see it was worth it. Pueblo de Sol Viognier 2011. MORE >>

In fact, though the Napa Valley is known as a region for fabulous wine estates (think castles, Persian palaces …) South Africa takes the cake when it comes to fabulous wineries where you can spend the day feasting on gourmet food from celebrity chefs, exploring cellars, meeting winemakers, and much more. Fabulous visit! link]. News S. MORE >>