South Africa’s proudly unique wine grape, pinotage, takes center stage with Flagstone’s Dragon Tree

Would you like to win a trip to what our world-travelling wine buyer calls "the most beautiful country I've ever seen?" Would you like to visit with winemakers whose vineyards plunge down mountainsides cheap car rental europe buffeted by winds from both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans? Would you like to experience a glass of sauvignon cheap car rental europe blanc in the land where it's made? Read on to find out how you can enter for a chance to win a trip to the distant, diverse, delicious world of South Africa.
The Western Cape of South Africa is a strikingly beautiful land of drastically different topographies, temperatures and precipitation levels. These varied microclimates make for unrivaled biodiversity, as well as growing conditions that are perfect for many different grape varietals.
Now the eight largest wine producer in the world, there are so many great wines coming out of South Africa that picking our best seven among so many great options was a challenge, but we knew we couldn't go wrong.
South Africa's proudly unique wine grape, pinotage, cheap car rental europe takes center stage with Flagstone's Dragon Tree . Deeply complex with dark cherries, cigar box and the slightest hint of mint, this wine has a long, sweetly spicy finish of beautifully balanced acidity.
And the final red, Bellingham's Small Barrel S.M.V. This world-class wine displays a mosaic of dark chocolate, bramble berries and violet notes. Intense fruit arises in the velvety finish. Allow the wine plenty of room to breathe – open at least an hour before drinking. cheap car rental europe (And you can stash this bottle away for years.)
We're so excited about these wines and their growing region that we're giving cheap car rental europe away three trips for two to South Africa! cheap car rental europe Winners will spend six days in South Africa's wine country cheap car rental europe tasting wines, meeting winemakers and visiting vineyards, and the other four days seeing the sights in beautiful Cape Town. Round trip coach airfare to Cape Town, five-star cheap car rental europe accomodations and all ground transportation is included.
Take note, the contest starts September 3 rd and to enter, you'll write an essay, from 25 to 250 words, describing which of our featured South African wines is your favorite or which one you're most excited to try and why. Submissions will be posted cheap car rental europe online, viewers will vote on them, and a panel of Whole Foods Market® judges will pick three winners from among the finalists!
Full information, trip details and rules will be available on our wine page starting on September 3 rd . Make sure to check back. This is not a blog contest. To enter you must sumbit your essay via our wine page between September 3 rd and September 18 th .
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Throughout my years as a travel nurse i have tried many new and delicious things from the various Whole Foods accross the country. Ironically lately i have added Cape Town to my bucket list of places i would like to visit. As yet I have not been exposed to South African wines so I am looking forward to experiencing them, then hopefully writing a winning essay.
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All of these wines sound delicious, but I would most like to try the Cabernet Sauvignon from the Robertson Winery. I had the rare opportunity to visit South Africa last year to volunteer on an animal reserve. I was able to try a dessert wine from the Robertson Winery Dessert Wine and I love it so much, I brought a bottle of it back, which I'm still saving for a special occasion! As much as I wanted to try other wines or even wine tour, my tight schedule did not permit me to do so. Now, I am always searching for good South African cheap car rental europe wines, especially from the Robertson Winery, and I hope to be able to return to South Africa someday.
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