{"id":20675,"date":"2013-06-26T11:01:34","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T09:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/raats-hits-jancis-robinsons-purple-pages\/"},"modified":"2013-06-26T11:01:34","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T09:01:34","slug":"raats-hits-jancis-robinsons-purple-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/raats-hits-jancis-robinsons-purple-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"RAATS HITS JANCIS ROBINSON\u2019S PURPLE PAGES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chenin specialist Bruwer Raats has once again hit the spot with his 2012 Granite Blocks Chenin Blanc being included in Jancis Robinson\u2019s Purple Pages. The legendary Robinson has been a wine writer for over three decades and is currently the wine columnist for the prestigious Financial Times.<\/p>\n<p>In her search for the best buys under \u00a310, Robinson selected the Granite Blocks Chenin as a great value wine. Robinson reckons that South Africa is a vertile hunting ground for \u201cvalue\u201d whites due to the extensive plantings of Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc and the fact that South Africans have undervalued local whites for a long time. Loving the \u201cgreat purity and freshness\u201d of Raats\u2019 latest offering, Robinson mentions that it \u201ctastes like a wine made from the earth rather than for the market\u201d and highlights its \u201csolid grip on the mid palate and clean finish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raats produces the Granite Blocks specifically for Majestic Wines in the United Kingdom and is excited about the inclusion of his wine on this illustrious list. \u201cIt is great to have someone with a fantastic palate like Jancis noticing my wines. I really appreciate that somebody recognises my winemaking philosophy that the wine should reflect the soils that the grapes are grown on. That is exactly why we called the wine Granite Blocks Chenin Blanc as all the grapes were grown on decomposed granite. Quality and consistency at good value will always be a winning recipe,\u201d states Raats.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit www.raats.co.za.<br \/>\nENDS<\/p>\n<p><strong>URL<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raats.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.raats.co.za<\/a><br \/><strong>Twitter<\/strong>:<br \/><strong>Facebook<\/strong>:<br \/><strong>YouTube<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Author: <strong>Ronelda Visser<\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peridot.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">Peridot Communications<\/a><strong>. Originally distributed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.MyPR.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No of Images Uploaded: <strong>One<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To gain access to<em> One<\/em> image\/s please Like, Tweet or +1 this article:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Images:<\/strong><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter wp-image-4772\" alt=\"Bruwer-Raats-lo-res\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/42bbe_Bruwer-Raats-lo-res.jpg\" width=\"1181\" height=\"1546\" \/><br \/>\nStellenbosch winemaker Bruwer Raats Photographer: Supplied<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chenin specialist Bruwer Raats has once again hit the spot with his 2012 Granite Blocks Chenin Blanc being included in Jancis Robinson\u2019s Purple Pages. The legendary Robinson has been a wine writer for over three decades and is currently the wine columnist for the prestigious Financial Times. In her search for the best buys under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3257,1452],"class_list":{"0":"post-20675","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mypr","8":"tag-public-relations","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}