The People's Guide
THE PEOPLE’S GUIDE – navigate the winelands in a shopping trolley
We are donating the first R10,000 raised by the sale of this book to SA Guide-dogs Association for the Blind.
This is a wine guide written by Michael Olivier and Neil Pendock with Anibal Coutinho for the consumer, a good book for the novice and serious wine buyer and for local and foreign tourists .
All the wines were blind tasted by Michael Olivier, Neil Pendock, Anibal Coutinho [well known Portuguese Wine Writer], Norma Ratcliffe of Warwick Wine Estate, Food24 Wine Writer Cathy Marston and Sommelier David Msebi to ensure no favouritism.
With this guide in your hand you can confidently navigate the supermarket shelves to find old favourites and bravely experience new wines knowing that these wines are recommended by a well respected team.
Wines are listed by variety and in price categories with many good value wines costing under R50!
Contact Michael direct on mailto:michaelolivier@iafrica.com to have this book posted to your door for R99, including postage throughout SA. We will quote individually for overseas postal rates. The People’s Guide is also available in good book stores.
A restaurateur remembers
MICHAEL OLIVIER – A RESTAURATEUR REMEMBERS
One of South Africa’s foremost restaurateurs in the 1980s and 1990s, Michael Olivier has captured the very essence of local cooking and food in this title. In it he takes us on a lively and engaging ramble through a lifetime that has revolved around food and wine, people and places. Michael’s approach to food is unique. There are several recipes of traditional Cape dishes which he has reworked in his own inimitable style and many others brought about by the abundance of fresh produce available in the Cape. Wine features strongly throughout, and wine lovers will know where to go to find an undiscovered gem in a bottle or to meet the person ‘who made it’. This title will appeal to all those interested in food and wine and in the people and places of South Africa.
Contact Michael direct on mailto:michaelolivier@iafrica.com to have this book posted to your door for R150, including postage throughout SA. We will quote individually for overseas postal rates. Available in good book stores.
Crush 2009
CRUSH 2009
Following on the success of the first edition of Crush, Michael compiled a further list of 100 worthy South African wines across the price range from under R50 to over R100. The book contains a guide to the different varieties of grapes used to make wine in South Africa, a piece on Winespeak and Michael’s Crush Awards for 2009. The book is as valid now as when it was released and contains a mine of information for the newcomer to wine as well as the experienced wine drinker.
Contact Michael direct on mailto:michaelolivier@iafrica.com to have this book posted to your door for R65, including postage throughout SA. We will quote individually for overseas postal rates.
CRUSH 2008
CRUSH 2008
Michael’s first wine book listing 100 South African Wines to drink now. The wines are those Michael tasted throughout the year which had a “wow” factor
Crush 2008 SOLD OUT