Retief Goosen was born in South Africa and for the last 3 years is a partner in The Goose Winery producing some outstanding wines which are already recognised all over the world and enjoyed by many people who prefer wines of outstanding taste.

Retief Goosen is known as one of the top Golfers from around the World and to support the Football World Cup which is taking place in South Africa between the 10th of June and the 11th of July 2010 with the Final in Johannesburg.

Download World Cup 2010 Chart (PDF)

World Cup 2010 Wallchart

Please print this out to help you follow the matches around South Africa.

With the compliments
of RI-Wine of Ascot

 

 

 

Fine Wines by The Goose

RI-Wine has been appointed by Retief Goosen and Morne Jonker owners of ‘The Goose’ Winery’ as the representative of UK & Ireland. We are proud to offer this fine wine from the exclusive area of Upper Langkloof Valley, South Africa.

The Expression Cabernet Sauvignon / Shiraz Vintage 2007 Decanter Silver Medal Winner 1 case of 6 Btls. (includes 1 Btl. signed by Retief Goosen)	£218.20 (incl. VAT)
The Goose Sauvignon Blanc Vintage 2008 Decanter Silver Medal Winner 1 case of 6 Btls. (includes 1 Btl. signed by Retief Goosen)	£112.50 (incl. VAT)

You can also by mixed case or individual bottles – please contact us for a quotation

Limited Edition – World Cup Champagne from Lanson – Germany 2006

Straight after the World Cup 2006 we have been approached by interesting parties which wanted to collect this champagne for the future events.

We have been able to secure a limited amount of 2006 Lanson Champagne at the price of £50.95 (inc. Vat). Price includes a Lanson Champagne Stopper.

The specially designed bottle has motif metal caps showing the host country Germany’s national colours – black, red and gold.

In addition we have created some Gift Packs in stylish design in Rigid Red Boxes which are hinged and luxury wooden boxes with brass hinges and closure. All wooden boxes are silk lined.

These gift Boxes are ideal as a gift to a friend, acquaintance or business promotion.

WLH1 Luxury Wooden Box	WLH2 Luxury Wooden Box

Prices

Single Bottle (excluding Gift Box)	£ 50.95
WLH1 Luxury Wooden Box, brass fittings / silk lining / outer carton. 1 Btl. Lanson Champagne N.V. World Cup 2006	£ 60.35
WLH2 Luxury Wooden Box, brass fittings / silk lining / outer carton. 1 Btl. Lanson Champagne N.V. World Cup 2006. 1 Screwpull Champagne Catcher	£ 65.95

* All Gift Boxes incl. Champagne Stopper

All prices inc. VAT

1 May 2010 7.30pm
Benefiting ParalympicsGB, Ascot Charitable Trust supporting local causes and community groups.

The Ascot Charity Ball will be a highly prestigious evening, with all the fun and elegance of a special social event. The evening provides an excellent opportunity for impressive entertaining at the Ascot Racecourse. This year the proceeds from the evening will go to:

• ParalympicsGB
• Alexander Devine Children’s Cancer Trust
• Children with Special Needs Foundation

Tombola Prizes are sponsored by RI-Wine of Ascot

RI-Wine of Ascot donated various prizes for auction, silient auction and a special tombola including 10 prizes which will be drawn after the event by Anne Hoddle in the present of Paul Addwell. Tickets will be distributed in goody bags during the event evening.

The Charity raised £ 50.000 at the Event at Ascot Race Course

Please forward your Address and Ticket No. from your Goodies Bag by post or e-mail to RI-Wine of Ascot to find out if you are a lucky winner of the following Prizes.

1	1 Btl. Beerenauslese Schloss Vollrads Vintage 1976 (Century Vintage) in Wooden Gift Box – Market Value £1000
2	1 Box of Goose Red & White wine incl. 1 Btl. Signed by Retief Goosen
3	1 Case of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
4	1 Btl. Jeroboam (3.0 Ltr.) Coto de Imaz Reserva in Wooden Gift Box
5	1 case of Heidsieck Dry Monopole Champagne
6	1 Wicker Hamper for 2 People
7	1 Box of Mixed Wine
8	1 Box of Mixed New World Wine
9	2 Magnums of Red Wine from Tuscany – Italy
10	1 Laurent Perrier Magnum Champagne

The evening includes a drinks reception, gala dinner, fabulous live entertainment including cabaret and celebrity guests. There will be a grand auction including romantic holiday destinations and memorabilia, a silent auction and prize draw and finally dancing into the night.

Tickets are £99 per person or £950 for a table of ten. For hotel reservations, please contact Berystede Hotel or telephone 0844 879 9104.

12-13 May 2010

Golf event with the Ferrari Club at the Bad Waldsee Golf Club supported by the Goose Winery from South Africa and by RI-Wine from the UK. Wine tasting serving the finest wines from the Goose during the event.

14-16 May 2010

Masterclass Theatres with Retief Goosen, Colin Montgomerie, Paul Casey and Ian Poulter. Come and join us at the Goose Winery and RI-Wine, stand no. 45, to taste sone of the finest wines.

O2 Golf LIVE brings you closer to the action than ever before. Follow Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie, Paul Casey, Ian Poulter and Retief Goosen as they give a series of intimate masterclasses with world class coaches David Leadbetter and Denis Pugh on hand for the closest personal insights into how pros play.

And once you’ve workshopped your swing, put it into practice with custom fitted clubs on the Cleveland/Srixon short game range and kit up with gear from top manufacturers on the Jaguar driving range – a rare opportunity to test the latest equipment on course.

Taking place at Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire, O2 Golf LIVE’s unique mix of heritage and innovation combines interaction, education and entertainment to give you the insight to improve your game.

To ensure a personalised, hassle-free golfer’s day out, ticket numbers are limited.

Details are available from RI-Wine by telephone or email.

5 October 2010

Mannings Heath Golf Club in Horsham plaied host for a 7th MAD (Make A Difference), a Cape Town-based charity organization with its main focus on providing educational opportunities for talented less fortunate children.

The foundation is honoured to enjoy the loyal support of some of the world’s top sportsman including:

Retief Goosen has been the honorary patron of the MAD UK Golf Day since inception in 2004 Retief has once again pledeged his support and is hopeful of returning again this year. The Foundation would like to congratulate Retief on his recent winnings.

2010 Season to date:

His game was on the rise in 2009 with two wins on tow major tours. Goosen won his second event in 4 Worldwide starts on the Sunshine tour at the South Africa Open in January 2009, where he came from behind to win by one stroke over four players and take the Trophy. He than won his seventh PGA title in the Transitions Championship in March 2009, beating CHarles Howell III and Brett Quigley by one stroke. This win vaulted Goosen to number 22 in the Official World Golf Rankings, his highest position since November.

The Goose Winery and RI Wine of Ascot are pleased in supporting this Event with wines and auction prizes incliding a 9 ltr. bottle of “The Expression Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz” vintage 2005, Decanter Silver Medal Winner 2009.

Fattoria Nittardi Ad Astra was approved by the Vatican and by the Pope Benedict XVI (see postcard from the Pope Benedict XVI to Fattoria Nittardi).

RI-Wine of Ascot will hold wine testing on Bartonwyatt.tv launch which will take place at Foxhill Golf and Country Club, Ottershaw, Surrey. The information about RI-Wine of Ascot business and services will be published in December 2009 issue of Barton Wyatt Surrey Magazine.

Brunello’s and Montalcino Wines from
prestigious Estates available at RI-Wine

Montalcino Estate

Thursday 3rd December 2009

Story of the estate:

Taken over a year ago by a significant private individual from America. The owner is reputed to have the finest collection of wines in America. He has set up a private dining restaurant in New York with 4000 of his favourite wines from his own collection on the list and food to match.

Krug restaurant aims to be a pinnacle of vinous delight. He has bought the estate after years of research and is just beginning to make his own wines. This Rosso is his first, and already shows the direction of quality he is going in. An estate to watch.

Rosso di Montalcini

Brunello & Rosso di Montalcino

A smooth wine, but with significant structure and tannins, and persistent hints of fresh but well-ripened fruit. It come from the firms same vineyards used to produce the Brunello.

Soil composition:
Mixed argillaceous, rich in skeletal material

Average altitude of the vineyards:
250 meters above sea level

Grapes:
Large Sangiovese grapes called a Brunello in Montalcino with the denomination cascade.

Method of growing:
Balanced, bilateral cord

Grapes-harvesting:
Manual choice of grapes in perforated cases delicately unloaded directly into the hopper of the stemmer.

Winemaking:
Intense extraction with frequent pumping over of the must during the initial stages of fermentation followed by medium quiescent steeping on the dregs of the pressed grapes. Careful control of the temperature to a maximum of 20 °C, then to decrease freely until racking time

Aging:
In new Slavonic oak barrels, refined in bottle for a minimum of four moths in an air-conditioned room. Degree of alcohol 13,5 % vol.

Organolectic characteristics:
Red, intense ruby colour With violet nuances, limpid. Full persistent fragrances, fruity hints well blended with woody scents. Significant structure and tannins, smooth with persistent hints of fresh but well-ripened fruit.

To celebrate three decades as the wine lovers’ brand of choice, Screwpull launches two luxurious Limited Edition Platinum Lever Models with complementary accessories, marking its anniversary in style.

Premium Box Set
with mock-leather finish case
and platinum foil cutter.

A Corkscrew with finesse !
An innovation which has hit the spot in removing any type of cork !

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• The latest technology developed by Le Creuset
• Offer patented product with innovative and advanced technology
• Premium pricing in line with the advanced features and benefits offered
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• The fastest, easiest way to remove a cork
• New improved lever action works more effectively on all corks, but especially synthetic corks
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Vineyards from Portugal

Madeira

There are 4 basic types of Madeira, each named after the grape from which it is made. These are Sercial, which was once thought to be the Riesling grape and makes the lightest and driest Madeira. Verdelho, which is a tangy, medium sweet wine, with somewhat more body; Bual a definitely sweet style that has a baked, smoky complexity and Malmsey a lusciously rich, sweet and honeyed wine.

All Madeira’s once bore a Vintage, but this is unusual today; most being blends or products of solera systems. If a pure Vintage from the 1980’s were released, this would not happen until the first decade of the 21st century. Any such Vintage should be by definition, be superior. When it be sold, be it Vintage or not, Madeira should be ready to drink. Due to a combination of high alcohol and the estufagem baking process, however it has a virtually infinite shelf life.

Madeira Grape Varieties

Bastardo Bual Malmsey

Moscatel Sercial Terrantez

Verdhelo

Should you be interested in one or the other vineyards listed above or if you are looking for something specific, please don’t hesitate to contact RI-Wine of Ascot.

Cognac was first distilled sometimes after 1600. The Grande Champagne is cantered around the town of Cognac and spreading out from there with Grande Champagne, Borderies, Fins Bois, Bons Bois & Bois Ordinaires right to the edge of the Atlantic.

Distillation of Cognac became an art around 200 years ago and at that time the ageing of the brandy took place in Limousine oak. The result was Cognac as we know it today. If you age 100 litres of Cognac for 25 years it will extract approx. 500 grams of oak out of the barrel. In the early days, Cognac was shipped in barrels but by today most of it is shipped in glass.

There are various categories of Cognac like 3 Star, VS, Borderies, VSOP etc. Various laws around the world stipulate a number of regulations. If you ship to England, Cognac must have a min. age of 3 years, to the USA a min. of 2 years and VSOP cannot leave France before the age of 4 years. The expression ” Old landed ” is for cask shipments followed by bottling in a UK bond. This way has declined a lot by today.

The vines which are used to produce Cognac are mostly Folle Blanche, Colombard & Saint – Emilion.

Delamain Le Voyage

Delamain Le Voyage
Grande Champagne Cognac

Spirit Journal Rating 2008 –
HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION

Burnished copper/rusty orange color; impeccable purity. Fine scents of white chocolate, marshmallow, dried apricot, and tropical fruit rule the early inhalations; additional air contact stirs up added aromas of English toffee, butter cream, chocolate covered orange rind, marmalade, and the beginnings of rancio; could easily and happily smell this classic all day. Palate entry is vibrant, woody/resiny, dry to bittersweet, beany, and moderately oily; midpalate is long, lush, and deep, with a taste finale that includes flavors of caramel, treacle, prunes, and very old sherry. Ends elegantly yet forcefully. A gem whose character never fades.

Hardy Perfection

Hardy Perfection

PERFECTION is among the oldest quality of unblended cognac you can find and it only amounts to a few bottles…

This cognac is an antique because it can’t be matched nor reproduces. The varietal prior to 1890 was Folle Blance and Colombard… After the phylloxera crisis the Cognac vineyards were planted with Ugni Blanc also called St Emilion Blanc. [Read more...]