Category Chenin Blanc

Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, WSET Exam tasting technique reminders

Calling a Chardonnay or Chenin Blanc blind

This week I have been homing in on these two grape varieties. At first smell and taste they can appear very similar, but for those extra WSET marks in a tasting exam, you need to be able to pull them…

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March 24, 2022

Chenin Blanc, South Africa, Swartland, Verhelho

My wine of the week this week is Momento, Chenin Blanc & Verdelho, by Marelise Miemann

Winery : Momento, Where : Swartland is a large wine-producing area north of Cape Town in the Western Cape of South Africa. Traditionally a wheat-producing region, it now specializes in making rich, fruit-driven wines particularly from the Shiraz, Chenin Blanc…

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May 30, 2020