Meeste van ons het ‘n hunkering of herinnering aan plaaslewe en in ons gedagtes is dit sinoniem met rooi Afrikanerosse met breë horings. Op plase maak kinders graag klei-osse met soetdorings vir die horings. Deur generasies en oor kulture heen word liefdevol na rooiwyn verwys as “osbloed”. Hier’s jou wyn nóú!

Osbloed is vir honderde jare in poeiervorm by wyn gevoeg om dit te suiwer, maar hierdie praktyk is sedert 1997 onwettig in die Europese Unie.  Dit mag deels verduidelik waarom handelsmerke in byne alke wyndrinkende land in Europa bestaan wat na osbloed of bulbloed verwys.  Die bekendste etiket is waarskynlik Sangre de Toro in Spanje.

Most of us have fond memories of farm life and almost involuntarily our minds conjure up images of Afrikaner oxen with wide horns. On farms children make oxen from clay and use Acacia thorns for horns. For generations and across cultures red wine is lovingly referred to as “ox blood”. This is your wine!

For centuries powdered ox blood was used to purify red wine for centuries, but this practise has been outlawed for this purpose in the European Union since 1997.  This may also be a reason why trademarks and labels referring to ox blood or bulls blood exist in most European countries.  The most famous label probably would be Sangre de Toro in Spain.