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Chunnie's Tipples
Chun's the Name
Wine's the Game!
Chun's the Name
Wine's the Game!
This page is dedicated to fascinating stories
and anecdotes about wine - why not E-mail
us with your favourites. We could include
them in the website!
Alan
The South African Wine Industry was started by the Dutch who
landed there in 1652.
In 1655 they planted vines sourced mainly from France,
Germany & Spain but also as far afield as Brazil.
In 1659, in fact to be exact, on the 2nd of February 1659 they
made the first cultivated South African Wine; and then had a
very boozy party with lots of singing and slapping each other
on the back!
It has always been believed that the "Traditional Method" of making sparkling wine was discovered by Dom Perignon around 1695 and this led to the production of what we now call "Champagne". In actual fact the process was found by Christopher Merret, a glass maker from Somerset who in 1662 presented his findings to the "Royal Society".
P.S. Please don't tell the French!
This page is dedicated to fascinating stories and anecdotes about wine - why not E-mail us with your favourites. We could include them in the website!
Alan
Chun's the Name
Wine's the Game
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The first Australian documented wine import to the U.K. was made in 1854. Australian wines have therefore officially been available for 170 years!
Can you believe it?!!!!!
The South African Wine Industry was started by the Dutch who landed there in 1652.
In 1655 they planted vines sourced mainly from France, Germany & Spain but also as far afield as Brazil.
In 1659, in fact to be exact, on the 2nd of February 1659 they made the first cultivated South African Wine; and then had a very boozy party with lots of singing and slapping each other on the back!