Comments on: stormhoek francais

By: The Fool's Progress

The Fool's Progress — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 21:51:40 +0000

gapingvoid: stormhoek francais

Link: gapingvoid: stormhoek francais. As a South African I have to post a link to this. I’m glad Hugh is on our team! Seriously, a few years down the road and I could well see some French wines start giving the South Africans a serious run for their mo…

By: The Fool's Progress

The Fool's Progress — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 21:46:36 +0000

gapingvoid: stormhoek francais

Link: gapingvoid: stormhoek francais.Seriously, a few years down the road and I could well see some French wines start giving the South Africans a serious run for their money.

By: james governor

james governor — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 20:11:18 +0000

see this — great article
http://www.slowfood.com/eng/sf_vino/sf_arch_botte.lasso?-database=sf_vinotesti&-layout=tutti&-response=sf_vino_dettaglio_botte.lasso&-recordID=33593&-search
and i think it points to a problem with freshness matters. freshness matters is a Big Marketing concept. i think stormhoek needs to double down on the South African angle and terrior-style issues. what is unique about stormhoek wines-surely not that they got to you in under a year. its selling it short. what is stormhoek doing for the local economy? what south african foods i have never heard of go with stormhoek wines? why is the syrah a balance between new and old world styles — should it be called syraz? or shrah? instead.
the problem with freshness matters is thats it feels like an instant gratification statement, as opposed to something measured and appreciated.

By: Jason Korman

Jason Korman — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:08:54 +0000

About 3% of off premise wine sales in France are from the New World. Non French wines are growing, but are still a small portion of the market. The market stats are skewed because there are some very large bottlers in France that import bulk wine and bottle it there. However almost all of it is then exported to places like Germany and the UK and is not consumed in France.

By: Sab

Sab — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 22:43:04 +0000

You know, I practically live next to a vinyard, but when were you planning to market to Germany?
If you don’t do it soon I won’t take my Gapingshirt to Jerusalem next week, and what a nice picture you’d miss…;-)

By: James Governor's MonkChips

James Governor's MonkChips — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 19:48:58 +0000

Oh yeah — Stormhoek Syrah doesn’t suck. Can wine be long tail?

Having been none too impressed with the Stormhoek Sauvignon Blanc, it seems only fair to say that when I met the guys (Nick and Jason) from Orbital for a drink with Johnnie Moore and Adrian Trenholm at my favourite restaurant…

By: Roland Turner

Roland Turner — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 19:42:40 +0000

Perhaps you are being facetious? France imports a phenomenal amount of wine. My recollection is that France is the largest single export market for Australian wines.
Perhaps South African winemakers should look a little closer?