by Pieter Walser | Nov 12, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
This is just a quick one, a celebration mail! My wife (Aneen) and I love to create occasions and grab each remote opportunity to celebrate with both hands. I would therefore like to highlight a few significant milestones for BLANKbottle™ in the past year.This year...
by Pieter Walser | Nov 3, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
I believe everything in life revolves around our level of Authority. And that, as you well know, is determined by a concept called competition. For a competition to function properly, we need rules. Rules are part of the game (try playing rugby without it…) and create...
by Pieter Walser | Sep 9, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
Sometimes it is good to get philosophical. So please allow me the privilege in this newsletter to do just that! The subject: explaining the art of winemaking in a single sentence!?? One cannot even describe a ghastly wine in one sentence, but since I love complicated...
by Pieter Walser | Aug 28, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
More aptly described as that tongue-sticking-to-your-palate taste, what you are in fact tasting, is TANNIN! But why is it so prominent in certain wines and others not?I am no architect and even less of a builder, but to understand the intricacies of wine I like to...
by Pieter Walser | Jul 23, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
Who’re you backing?! The challenge is on! Our much loved “Natural Corks” up against the new up and coming youngsters, the “Screw cap Titans”. All our lives we have loyally supported our “Natural Corks”. With heaps of French tradition backing the team for centuries,...
