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Challenging Harvest Brimming with Concentrated fruit (March 17 2010) |
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Uneven ripening and smaller yields have made the 2010 harvest particularly challenging, but strong winds and ideal cold, wet winter and spring months have delivered smaller crops of exceptional fruit and color intensity for most varietals.. |
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| Check out Pictures from the SF Noir Event (February 27 2010) |
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Another successful evening for South African Wine at the SF / Noir Food and Wine Gala. Over 350 people attended the event to indulge in the delightful Southern Soul food and taste over 120 wines from the region and beyond. |
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| Pictures from the Vin12 Event (February 18 2010) |
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Vin12 was a huge success with over 350 people that showed up to enjoy tasting South Africa's best along with other producers, incredible Modern Oil Canvases from Hang Art and Goorin Brothers donning their fashion forward spring collection. If you missed this event, look out for Vin12 March!
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Cape Ardor paired four award winning wines with a sensational meal, provided by 2 talented Chefs from the British Bankers Club in Menlo Park on Thursday January 28. It was a wonderful evening thoroughly enjoyed by all, and left most patrons completely satiated. Kudos to the creative chefs Tim and Paul for researching traditional South African Flavors (which included a treasure hunt for persimmons!) |
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| Out of Africa: The wines perfectly lined up to score for the World Cup (February 8 2010) |
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I recently spent a week in South Africa pretending to be on holiday but I ended up doing quite a bit of wine-tasting and visiting wineries. |
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| As South Africa continues to defy the global economic downturn by increasing the export of its packaged wines each year, it is also making concerted moves to lower the weight of its wine bottles and so maintain its status as an ecologically sensitive winemaking nation. |
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2010 Expected to be a banner year for South Africa (January 11, 2010) |
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South Africa has gone through numerous changes in the past 20 years. Nelson Mandela was freed 19 years ago; peaceful democratic elections were held in 1994 and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission went a long way toward healing wounds post-apartheid; and South Africa has become a vibrant democracy with a lively tourist industry. |
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Cape Ardor has launced its 2nd generation website that will be offering consumers much more detailed information on South African wines, including winery overviews, interviews with the winemakers, our two new exciting wine clubs and much more. Read the entire news release here. |
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Savor South Africa in San Francisco! (October 15th, 2009) |
| THE MAJESTIC VENUE: We've saved the best for last for our final event of (our Indian) summer with our annual tasting of South African wines. We return to the majestic Officer's Club high atop Fort Mason overlooking Aquatic Park, Alcatraz, Ghiradelli Square and the bay. |
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Cape Ardor's Launch a Winning Success! (July 24, 2009) |
| Cape Ardor launched their Summer / Fall Wine Portfolio on July 23 2009. The portfolio features a well rounded collection of quality South African wines. Varietals included a Viognier, a Merlot, 2 Blends (of which one red consisted of the Bordeaux 5), a boutique Cabernet Sauvignon , an award winning Shiraz and a cult popular Pinotage. Also featured was the Reserve collection from Diemersfontein wines of which there is a limited supply. The event took place at San Francisco's popular destination - Cav Wine Bar and Kitchen. Sixty to 100 people were expected and over 200 showed up! It was... |
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Cape Ardor's Wines Take 3 Medals and 'Best of Nation' in the 2009 SF International Wine Competition (July 3, 2009) |
| The results for this year's SF International Wine Competition were released last week. Cape Ardor had entered a sampling of their portfolio for evaluation. The results are in and as expected our producers have represented South Africa with the quality and value that we are making our business to promote. The following 3 wines took awards: Raka's Quinary 2005 won a GOLD medal and BEST OF NATION. Ridgeback's Viognier 2007 was awarded a SILVER medal. Diemersfontein Reserve Pinotage 2006 took a BRONZE. We are immensely proud of our producers accomplishments and once again illustrates Cape Ardor's commitment to providing the... |
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Cape Ardor Wines Featured at Woodsmoke Event (June 22, 2009) |
| AFRICAN WOODSMOKE EVENING Woodsmoke is having its second African Evening at Venue Restaurant in Lincoln, NE on June 22nd from 6pm to 10pm. This evening will be similar to the first Woodsmoke Evening but grander on many terms. To start off with, we will be having an array of top-class, exclusive South African wines to sample from Cape Ardor. Venue restaurant has been kind enough to offer food pairings that will go along with the biographies of the wines. Woodsmoke has also been working with new upcoming artists from all over Africa and have a wider range of very interesting... |
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Cape Ardor Brings South African Value to the US (May 25, 2009) |
| Cape Ardor Brings South African Value to the U.S. Cape Ardor is a San Francisco based company that is focusing exclusively on bringing quality South African wines to the United States market. The company owned by Eric Matkovich, a native of California, and his wife, Kara van Niekerk, a native of South Africa was established as what they see as a necessary instrument to bring the quality and culture of South Africa to the American pallet. Eric, in discussing his motives for launching Cape Ardor, sites, “It was really quite selfish, we couldn't find quality South African wines in our... |
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South African Wine Industry Ages Well (February 1, 2009) |
| From the Mail & Guardian - Smooth and elegant with a medley of tastes as diverse as the terroir which yields it, South Africa's wine industry has proved it ages well 350 years after grapes were first pressed in the Cape. On the cusp of the old and new world of winemaking, South Africa has kept the traditions of viticulture while maintaining a pioneering edge that has earned it growing respect on the international market. Cut off from global markets due to apartheid sanctions, 15 years of democracy have boosted the industry through exposure and new dedication to quality. In... |
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Obama Goes Pop for South African Bubbly (January 30, 2009) |
| Barack Obama was voted into office in November, he celebrated the cork-popping moment with half a case of Graham Beck Brut NV. This did nothing to harm South Africa’s growing reputation in the United States for fine wines. The local bubbly was first sampled by Obama and his wife, Michelle, in February last year during a dinner at their favourite Chicago restaurant. On that occasion the fizz came out to celebrate Obama winning the Democratic nomination to run for president. The Obamas were apparently so impressed with the libation, described as “finely textured, crisp peach strawberry-edged, grippingly elegant bubbly” that they... |
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South African Wines Step Onto the Stage (January 21, 2009) |
| FORGIVE me if I’m excited, but I can’t help it. I want to tell you straight out that South Africa, of all places, is one of the greatest sources for moderately priced cabernet sauvignon on the planet today. I suspected this before, but after the wine panel tasted 25 South African cabernets recently, I can say it unequivocally, without the usual hedging and qualifications. Well, almost, but I’ll get to that later. First I want to focus on the exciting news. If you like cabernets that are balanced, with a sense of structure and shape, that are indisputably cabernet sauvignon... |
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