Wine in Johannesburg

Ex Animo – Wines From the Heart

Date: March 30, 2015

Author: Marthélize Tredoux

Categories: Events, Wine Experiences, Wine in Cape Town, Wine in Johannesburg

Ex Animo Wine Co.

I first met David Clarke a few years ago when I traded him lessons on wine (he is a sommelier, after all) for Afrikaans lessons. He’d just moved to SA – married to an Afrikaans-speaking local and he wanted to improve his local lingo. Packed schedules eventually got the better of us both and we only really had a few lessons, but his incredibly knowledge and honest, down-to-earth love for wine stayed with me. Back to present day, David and his wife Jeannette have started Ex Animo Wine Co. and they’ve been bloody busy since. They had their first trade show in early March and it was packed to the rafters with some of the most exciting and enjoyable wines I’ve encountered in ages.

(JHB) Winestyle Summer Winedown!

Date: February 24, 2015

Author: Marthélize Tredoux

Categories: Events, Wine in Johannesburg

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Winestyle Summer Winedown 2015

Early Autumn is creeping around the corner slowly and the lovely people from Wine-Style have just the event to wind down summer. The Wine-Style Summer Winedown 2015 has it all. Gorgeous setting, all the wines you could wish for and the makings of a most fantastic, enjoyable and wine-filled day out. Block out 20-21 March in your diaries, because you don’t want to miss out on this indulgent day of relaxation.

FNB Whisky Live Showroom (and competition!)

Date: August 8, 2014

Author: Marthélize Tredoux

Categories: Events, Whisky, Wine in Johannesburg

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FNB Whisky Live Showroom

While this website has its roots firmly planted in wine, the content and appreciation is definitely not limited to said precious liquid. We here at Incogvino do not discriminate between alcoholic beverages and especially not against whisky. Or whiskey. Whichever you prefer. With that in mind, it’s nearly time for the net FNB Whisky Live festival. These annual events are held in Cape Town, Durban, Nelspruit, Sandton and now also Soweto. To celebrate the upcoming FNB Whisky Live Showroom in Soweto, we’re giving away two sets of double tickets to two Incogvino winos (Whiskiers? Whiskos? Whiskocvinos?)

Going once…Going twice… CWG auction time!

Date: August 2, 2014

Author: Marthélize Tredoux

Categories: Events, Wine in Cape Town, Wine in Johannesburg

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CWG Auction Showcase 2014

For the most part, I feel that day-to-day winos don’t really think much about wine auctions. Personally, I’m not too phased by the amounts spent on wine at auctions, it’s just that I don’t have that type of cash to spend (at least, not all at once), so the word “auction” inspires a mental separation of sorts. A bit of “that’s nice” and then I move on to something more relevant to me. Like the bottle of bubbly in my fridge. I started taking notice of the Cape Winemaker’s Guild auction last year when I attended my first CWG Auction Showcase. It was exciting, engaging and excellent. It’s almost time for the 2014 CWG Showcase, so let me tell you a bit more about what to expect.

Burgundy Lover’s Festival (better late than never)

Date: July 10, 2014

Author: Marthélize Tredoux

Categories: Events, Wine Experiences, Wine in Cape Town, Wine in Johannesburg

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Wine Concepts

As someone who attempts to blog about their full-time hobby while holding down a full-time (unrelated) job, I’m the first to admit writing when you’re working 10-12 hour days is pretty tough at times. As a wine lover with the occasional opportunity to attend really exceptional events, I’m stubborn about putting content I care about out there, even if it is a couple of weeks after the fact. The Wine Concepts Burgundy Lover’s Festival is one of those events.

Wine Concepts Burgundy Lover’s Festival

Date: June 6, 2014

Author: Marthélize Tredoux

Categories: Wine Experiences, Wine in Cape Town, Wine in Johannesburg

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Wine Concepts Burgundy Lover’s Festival 2014

If you love wine (surely everyone reading this does?), and you love the Burgundies, then you’ll love this: Wine Concepts is hosting the fourth annual Burgundy Lover’s Festival. And I can assure you, this year we are all in for a treat. Definitely an event all lovers of fine Pinot Noir and Chardonnay need to take note of.

The Cape Town event will be hosted at the Vineyard Hotel & Spa in Newlands on Friday 13 June 2014, from 17:00 to 20:00. Incogvino has gotten a sneak preview of what’s in store at this year’s popular event.

The festival is all about getting the big names in the business of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in one room and offering tasters some undiscovered gems in between.

Winter Sculpture (and wine) Festival at Nirox 2014

Date: May 5, 2014

Author: Andy Hadfield

Categories: Wine in Johannesburg

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This is a truly remarkable event. Not only do you have some great food and wine to explore, but if you’ve never been to the Nirox Sculpture Park – you’re missing out. The only way I can describe it, is as if a billionaire landscaper got bored and dumped all his/her time and money into creating possibly the most wonderful outdoor environment I’ve ever come across.

Nirox is essentially a retreat for artists, primarily sculptures – and you’ll be able to explore the entire park while quaffing away your troubles. Sound cool?

Nirox Sculpture Park

We ran a competition recently so 2 lucky readers and 2 SuperFANS are already booked to attend. We look forward to hearing back from them! Read on for all the details…

~Andy

Wine experiences and wine things to do in Johannesburg

Date: April 23, 2014

Author: Marthélize Tredoux

Categories: Wine Experiences, Wine in Johannesburg

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*This article was originally posted on Real Time Wine – 23 January 2014*

We had a really interesting discussion inside the SuperFAN Club around things to do and experiences to have in the wine world… in Joburg, about as far away fromwine country as you can get before crossing a border.

The suggestions were so interesting, we had to pull everything together and make a post out of it. So here they are, run off and explore some wine in Johannesburg.

The New York of South Africa