2017

Most recent year “declared” as a Vintage Port year by the Port Wine Institute (Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto). Vintage Port, widely considered the jewel in the crown of all Port styles, is made only in years when the quality is declared superior. The 2016 vintage was also declared. For some producers, this is the first time in a century that two vintages were declared back-to-back.

In the South African bread, mosbolletjies, which of the following is an important ingredient?

A. A mixture of grape juice, skins, seeds and stems

B. Minced leaves from muscat vines

C. Indigenous South African cereals soaked in Vin de Constance

D. A pint of traditional South African beer

The brioche-like, buttery South African bread, mosbolletjies (pronounced mos-bol-eh-kis) is leavened with fermenting must— a mixture of grape juice, skins, seeds, and stems. French Huguenot immigrants settled in Western Cape in the late 1600s and began cultivating grapes. The loaves are often flavored with anise and are typically served with butter and a jam called moskonfyt, also made from must.

Ullage

Ullage (ULL edge) is the space that develops near the neck and shoulder inside a wine bottle or container because wine has been lost through leakage or evaporation. In a bottle with significant ullage, the… Continue reading

2017

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