Wines#3: Kanonkop Kadette 2006

Yesterday I decided to try very nice wine from RPA. It's not very popular in Poland, but it tastes well. Because wines from Kanonkop are usually very expensive in Poland I went for something cheaper - Kadette. It's cheaper brother of sensational Pinotage. I especially like Pinotage from 2004, because it was first I had a chance to taste thanks to my friend who discovered this amazing wine.
But let's summarize quality of Kadette. I must say that wine from 2006 is a bit too young to drink, but I couldn't resist. I think it should be 2-3 years older to taste better. Since I opened the bottle anyway, I felt berry fruits mixed with too much fruit acids. Wine is rather strong and you can feel alcohol in it.
After opening this bottle I decided to buy some more and keep them till 2010-2011 or even farther. As I read, this wine can be kept up to 6 years. So I will try to put another entry in the blog for 2-3 years. In spite of all I recommend this wine to everyone who would like to taste south african wines - it's one of the best you can find not knowing a lot about wines in general...

Radom AirShow 2009 - plane crash

Today I attended very nice air show in Radom. Unfortunately it finished unexpectedly with a very sad event - crash of Belarusian SU27 at 13:17. I even hadn't enough time to take good pictures of this nice plane and unfortunately both pilots died in the the crash. In memoriam to the pilots I would like to share with you pictures with last 3 minutes of their life. Let they rest in peace. Condolences to their families.

7D on the way???

To be honest I don't believe that new Canon camera will be called 7D. It would be strange. But rumors are telling different stories. You can read it on Canonrumors. Let's wait till Tuesday and see if it's true... I bet it's well prepared fake...

What the duck?

This morning isn't nice. It's raining. So instead of going to the forest for some jogging, I sat at the computer screen to put my stuff in order and bumped into nice comic in one of Amateur Photographer magazine (July 2009). It comes from the series What the Duck. This series is dedicated to photographers. All of them: amateurs and professionals. It's really funny, so I recommend to subscribe it! Unfortunately I can't put here the comic from AP July issue, but you can try to find it over the internet for yourself.
Instead please enjoy the recent one which is also nice (dedicated to wedding photographers :).

Wines#2: New discovery

Yesterday I had a little party at home. Because it was meeting with one of my best friends, I decided to get some nice wine. Went to my favorite wine shop - Winnice Południa and found plain Barbera D'Alba. I know it's not as good as Brunello, but wanted to check it for myself. And I know guys from Winnice have really best selection of wines, so I took the risk. And this wine turned out to be amazing. One of the best I ever had. It was not much different than Brunello or similar wines.
Barbera tastes like fresh black fruit with a little earth in it. It has blackberry and plum in it. Later, after a while of drinking you can feel it's lemon-sharp acidity. It's great with cheese and grilled meat. I definitely recommend this wine to every italian wine lover!
But it was only the beginning. Then we switched to Spain. My friend, exactly like me, is Spain fan and brought nice red wine from Iberian Peninsula. That wine was produced by famous Señorío del Condestable winery in the Murcia region. Maybe the year 2005 was not perfect in Spain, but the wine was really good and I would say that I felt cheeries, blackberry, musk and little spice in it. It also was more spicy and more intense in taste, especially after longer drinking. Tasted very nice with pork and white sausages. I don't know how much it costs, but I bet it was worth it's price! You can give it a try.