Clifford Roberts
@CliffordRobots
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Professional reporter. Slayer of words. Proud consumer of #SouthAfrica wines and spirits. Passport holder/will travel. #OpenToWork
Western Cape, South Africa
Joined July 2009
Portuguese police have arrested eight people and raided 21 properties in the Vinho Verde wine region following reports of “collusion between viticulture commission officials and businesspeople in the wine sector”.
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Portuguese police have arrested eight people and raided 21 properties in the Vinho Verde wine region following reports of "collusion between viticulture commission officials and businesspeople in the...
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New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering to farming – but was beer really more important to us than bread?
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New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering to farming – but was beer really more important to us than bread?
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A religious experience, 2016 Cab. Transendental fruit, spice in matrimonial harmony, blessed with subtelty, splentid architecture - all made in a place thats closer to heaven than most.
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At inaugural @Nederburg long table, GM Kate Jackson reveals that the estate's fine wines will move from the Tabernacle in Stellenbosch to the farm in early 2026. Tasting wines from 64, 74, 89, 91, 09, 16, 15 and 21.
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The Fledge & Co make some epic wines and this is one of them. Still and deep as a mountain pool, serious in structure, and generous in its layers of spice-tinged dark fruit. The wine gnome agrees - its a keeper.
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I love the place that @cavalliestate wine is in and the latest vtge Warlord 22 shows. Immaculate integration of red fruit and spice. A balanced wine for thought. Tonight, served with wild-caught salmon with a herby cow milk cheese, baby spinach, garlic and garden tomatoes.
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While the newness of AI continues to bejazzle us all, I just realised that this is precisely the way my 95 yr old relative has always understood computers to work: you put in a question and it spits out an answer.
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A marvellous reunion happening now at Clos Malverne with Guy Webber, Jeremy Walker, Dave Hidden, Suzanne and Charl Coetzee and Seymour Pritchard over tasting of 28yo pinotages.
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Boplaas's Daniel Nel and Springbok Frans Malherbe tonight launch their 10YO brandy collab. 3000 bottles gonna flyyyyy.
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Home affairs has some of the best people but damn we can make driverless cars and cure polio but these queueing arrangements need fixing
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An analysis of patient records suggests that mRNA covid-19 vaccines boost the immune response to cancerous tumours when given soon after people start a type of immunotherapy, extending their lives
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An analysis of patient records suggests that mRNA covid-19 vaccines boost the immune response to cancerous tumours when given soon after people start a type of immunotherapy, extending their lives
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