Simonsig Wine Estate, Francois-Jacques Malan, tells me what’s up on the Family Estate…
Francois-Jacques Malan, talks to me about the Winter programme on Simonsig, the pruning training, online sales and coping with lockdown...
Baked Pears, Blue Cheese & Candied Walnuts, a surprise with Simonsig Gewurztraminer 2019…
Blue Cheese, one of my favourites, here baked with pears and walnuts, is perfect after dinner with Simonsig Gewurztraminer 2019...
Top drops #16, Simonsig Gewürztraminer 2019, a gem with Anina Meyer’s Roasted Tomato & Puff Pastry Tarts…
Simonsig Gewürztraminer 2019, such a gem from the Estate. Aromatic, off dry, delicate, perfect food wine which has its origins in Northern Italy...
5 minutes with Charron Mehlo – Head Chef, Restaurant Cuvée on Simonsig Wine Estate…
Charron Mehlo, Head Chef at Restaurant Cuvée on Simonsig Wine Estate, spends 5 minutes to tell us about her day...
Simonsig Gewürztraminer 2017, first ever released in South Africa in 1977, good with Mark Dodson’s Toffee & Banana Mille Feuille – 05.02.2018
Simonsig Gewürztraminer 2017 In 1977, my wife Madeleine was working in the tasting room at Simonsig. I remember so clearly at the Young Wine Show that year, Frans Malan Simonsig Founder, introduced his first Gewürztraminer, The Simonsig Gewürztraminer 1977. To great acclaim. The Simonsig Gewürztraminer 2017, some 40 years later, is still a gem, 56%