South African wines that sparkle and give fizz to life gets another glassful! Yesterday I promised to tell you all about our visit to Graham Beck wine estate on the outskirts of Franschhoek. After our visit to La Petite Ferme restaurant in Franschhoek we dropped in to taste the wines at Graham Beck.

Its impressive new tasting centre complete with imposing bronze cheetah sculptures which greet you on arrival, certainly doesn’t disappoint and nor do the wines.

Graham Beck is world renown for its sparkling wines, wines that in the opinion of Matthew Jukes of The Daily Mail, “Pieter Ferreira is the finest maker of fizz in SA. The stunning Blanc de Blancs puts Champagne to shame”. My particular favourite is the Brut Rose, 4 red stars in John Platter.

It’s a pity then to read stories such as this in SA Rocks! that South African’s tend to think that imported wines are superior to their own home-grown wines, which come in at hugely inflated prices and which, in my opinion, are not worth the extra bucks!

Come on South Africa! Support your country’s wonderful wines and make sure that your favourite restaurants stock a good range of your own exciting fizz. You can also buy them direct from eWine online, as you can Guardian Peak wines and the John Platter book.

eWine will ship world-wide and has a full range of information on the wine estates and regions. Make buying your wines simple!

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