{"id":19057,"date":"2011-04-07T10:48:42","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T08:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=19057"},"modified":"2011-04-10T01:15:47","modified_gmt":"2011-04-09T23:15:47","slug":"allora-winestyle-goes-italian-and-cheesy-for-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/wine-news\/allora-winestyle-goes-italian-and-cheesy-for-autumn\/","title":{"rendered":"Allora! WineStyle goes Italian and cheesy for Autumn!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I have the highest regard for the new WineStyle magazine<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, which was launched late last year\u00a0as a wonderfully impressive coffee-table quality food and wine magazine.\u00a0 The latest issue has just been sent to subscribers, and once again impressed with its fantastic quality photography and print production.<\/p>\n

The theme of the Autumn edition is Italy, and the magazine introduces the theme with a trip to “Under the Tuscan Sun”, a lovely travel report by Karen Wright, with a clarification of the Chianti wines from this region.\u00a0 I did this journey a few years ago, after I had read the book with the same title by Frances Mayes, travelling to Florence, Sienna, San Gimignano, Montalcino, and Montepulciano, and following in\u00a0Mayes’ footsteps in Cortona.\u00a0 Then\u00a0follows a tasting of affordable Italian wines, none costing more than R100, and included Lamberti Santepeitre Valpolicella Ripasso, Zaccagnini Montepulciano D’Abruzzo, Teresa Rizzi Prosecco Brut, and Medici Sangiovese Rubicone.<\/p>\n

The magazine focus then returns back ‘home’, and award-winning wine writer Joanne Gibson focuses on the allowable levels of lead, mercury and even arsenic in South African wine!\u00a0\u00a0 She asks why sulphur dioxide must be\u00a0declared on local wine labels but not the fourteen other ‘restricted substances’ listed in the Liquor Products Act 60\u00a0of 1989.\u00a0\u00a0 The article describes the effect of sulphites on those with an allergy to it, and Gibson writes that often it is not the allergy to sulphites but rather\u00a0to wine generally.\u00a0 She\u00a0lists low-sulphite wines as including Anura Brut, Krone Borealis Brut, Reyneke Reserve White,\u00a0Stellar Organic Winery, Villiera Brut Natural Chardonnay, Waverley Hills, and Woolworths Brut Natural and their Chenin Blanc.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The article on cheese and wines, by Diane Heierli,\u00a0with photography by Christoph Heierli, is good enough to eat.\u00a0 The photographer impressed in the first edition already.\u00a0\u00a0 The article highlights that our local cheeses are excellent, and that we do not have to import them to enjoy good quality cheese.\u00a0 In fact, a next\u00a0article highlights six ’boutique cheeseries’, being Dalewood Fromage, Goat Peter Cheesery, Belnori Boutique Cheesery, Foxenburg Estate Cheesery, Hijke Cheese, and Buffalo Ridge.\u00a0Each of the\u00a0cheesemakers recommend a suitable wine to pair with one of their cheeses.<\/p>\n

From cheese and wine, the magazine moves to mushrooms, the article produced by the Heierlis as well, and providing recipes such as “Moreish mixed mushroom risotto”, “Super simple creamy mushroom sauce”, “Mushroom and pecorino pizza”, a beautiful looking “Spicy Asian enoki broth”, and “Balsamic glazed brown mushroom and steak”.<\/p>\n

What seems out of place, relative to the theme, is the last article on the Route 62, although ‘cheese-lovers paradise’ Gay’s Guernsey Dairy in Prince Albert is mentioned.\u00a0 The cover photograph of the magazine, linked to this article, does not reflect wine or food at all, and I would question if it was the\u00a0best photograph to use, given the many lovely photographs in the magazine.\u00a0\u00a0 Right at the end, the magazine goes back to its Italian beginning, with a recipe for ‘La Limoncello’.<\/p>\n

Every week WineStyle<\/strong>\u00a0 sends a newsletter to its subscribers, to bridge the three month gap between issues.\u00a0 In this way the brand interest is kept alive, and the editor can provide ongoing food and wine news.\u00a0 The new newsletter design is perfect, in now creating synergy between the magazine design, and that of the newsletter.\u00a0\u00a0 Once again, the concept of WineStyle<\/strong>\u00a0 being environmentally friendly, in being print-on-demand, and only posted to its subscribers at no charge,\u00a0is saluted.\u00a0 It is not commercially available.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WineStyle <\/strong>has set an incredibly high benchmark in food and wine publishing, with editor Jenny Ratcliffe-Wright at the helm.\u00a0 The advertisers are demonstrating their support already, being Glen Carlou, Pongracz, Hermanuspietersfontein, Constantia Glen, Highlands Road Estate, Kleine Zalze, Klein Constantia, Bouchard Finlayson, Fleur du Cap, and Paul Cluver, and that is just mentioning the wine advertisers.<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/a>\u00a0 Twitter: @WhaleCottage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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