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THE LATEST FROM SAUVIGNON BLANC SA
Top 20 finalists announced for the 2019 FNB Sauvignon Blanc Top 10
Media Release 17 September 2019 Sauvignon Blanc South Africa and FNB are pleased to announce the top 20 contenders in the 2019 FNB Sauvignon Blanc Top 10 Competition, South Africa's only competition exclusively devoted to Sauvignon blanc. A total of 107 producers...
QUALITY AND EXCELLENCE AT THE 2019 FNB SAUVIGNON BLANC TOP 10
Media Release 6 September 2019 The countdown to naming this year's champions of Sauvignon blanc has begun. Along with an increase in entries, judges completing the final round of assessments for the 2019 FNB Sauvignon Blanc Top 10 Competition highlighted excellence of...
POTASSIUM POLYASPARTATE (KPA)
ENSURING TARTRATE STABILITY IN SOUTH AFRICAN SAUVIGNON BLANC... SINCE 2019! Dr. Carien Coetzee Basic Wine 27 August 2019 Until now, various additives, such as metatartaric acid, carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), mannoproteins and Gum Arabic showed some limitation...
Sauvignon Blanc from two Nations of the Great South
Emile Joubert writes about a recent Erica Crawford tasting hosted by Sauvignon Blanc South Africa (published on The Wine Goggle) "Icy rain pelting down over Stellenbosch and a wine cold enough to freeze the heart of a twice-divorced Texan housewife, this was no ideal...
Closure-derived oxygen and OTR
A research summary Dr. Carien Coetzee Basic Wine 20 August 2019 In a previous blog post, we reported on a study where researchers investigated the effect of copper and glutathione addition, prior to bottling, on the evolution of key aroma compounds such as 3MH (fruity...
The evolution of Sauvignon blanc’s friend (3MH) and foe (H2S) during bottle storage
A research summary Dr. Carien Coetzee Basic Wine 24 July 2019 A study titled “Evolution of 3-mercaptohexanol, hydrogen sulfide, and methyl mercaptan during bottle storage of Sauvignon Blanc wines. Effect of glutathione, copper, oxygen exposure, and closure-derived...
