“Who loves not women, wine and song remains a fool his whole life long”

“Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile” ― Homer

“Language is wine upon the lips” -Virginia Woolf.

Boschendal Red Wine

“In wine, there’s truth.” -Pliny the Elder.

“Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.” ― Paulo Coelho, Brida

The Boschendal Estate Story…

To read the Boschendal Estate Story follow the link: http://bit.ly/RUppaj

“Wine is bottle…

“Wine is bottled poetry.”-Robert Louis Stevenson

We think that a lovely bottle of Boschendal 1685 Merlot and some feisty cheese would be fantastic right about now…!

“It needs only a good bottle of wine for a roast chicken to be transformed into a banquet.”- Gerald Ashe

“Wine contains …

“Wine contains all four basic tastes. The sweet taste is provided by the alcohol and, where present, its sugars; sour taste comes from the free organic acids; the salt taste from the salts; the bitter taste from the wine’s phenolic components, generally called tannins. In tasting wine, these four tastes are not perceived at the same time, they become apparent one after the other.”Emile Peynaud.