{"id":74642,"date":"2021-08-23T00:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T04:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/?p=74642"},"modified":"2021-08-23T00:33:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T04:33:00","slug":"south-african-wines-a-taste-of-africa-by-africans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/south-african-wines-a-taste-of-africa-by-africans\/","title":{"rendered":"South African wines \u2013 A taste of Africa, by Africans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

South Africa<\/a> is known by restaurateurs, sommeliers, and connoisseurs worldwide for producing excellent wine. The country\u2019s heritage of wine production dates back to 1659, when the region\u2019s first bottle of wine was produced in Cape Town by Dutch colonist Jan van Riebeeck. A heritage thus inexorably steeped in colonialism; however, the last few years have seen the rise of exceptional African winemakers, who are making first-rate wines that are as good, if not better than, top wines from some of the oldest wineries in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We would love to share some of our favorite wine brands, created and crafted by Africans, with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aslina Wines<\/a><\/em> is a brand created by one of South Africa\u2019s first black female winemakers, Ntsiki Biyela. After 13 years as a winemaker for a topnotch local brand, Biyela realized her dream of creating her own wine brand as, in 2016, Aslina<\/em> was born. Named for Biyela\u2019s grandmother, Aslina<\/em> is now a well-respected brand in its own right, known for its range of premium wines. We particularly recommend Aslina<\/em>\u2019s signature wine, \u2018Umsasane\u2019 (The Matriarch). This sophisticated blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot is at once bold and delicate, smooth and complex, just, apparently, like the woman who inspired it\u2014Biyela\u2019s grandmother. Aslina <\/em>is available from a number of select distributors<\/a> in the US, Germany, Taiwan, Ghana, Japan, the Netherlands, and Switzerland (as well as, of course, its native South Africa). Clients can also enquire directly<\/a> about international purchases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n