Please join Winemag.co.za for an informative seated tasting of some the top blended wines in the country. The tasting will be presented by Winemag.co.za editor Christian Eedes along with Werner Muller of Iona and Karl Lambour, GM of Tokara. On show will be a selection of the Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon blends from the RisCura White Hot […]
Please join Winemag.co.za for an informative seated tasting of some the top performing wines in the RisCura White Hot Wine Awards. The tasting will be presented by Winemag.co.za editor Christian Eedes along with Jacques du Plessis of Constantia Uitsig and Werner Muller of Iona. Wines included in the line-up: Barton Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2015 Cape […]
Tremayne Smith, who had a stint at Mullineux & Leeu before moving to Fable Mountain Vineyards, also makes his own wines under The Blacksmith label. Tasting notes and scores for the current releases as follows: The Blacksmith Chenin Blanc 2015 Wine Cellar price: R155 Appears both reductive AND oxidative – a bit stinky on the […]
How prominently is Cinsaut set to feature in the South African wine industry’s future? Yesterday, a panel discussion and tasting of some leading examples jointly hosted by Wine Cellar and WOSA (watch here). Based on my experience of the modern incarnations, it seems that it generally makes “smashable” wines – it is very much on […]
For all the advances in wine quality the South African wine industry has made in the last 20 years or so, there’s currently a not-so-latent anxiety about a lack of profitability. According to national industry body, VinPro, 30% of the country’s wine producers are loss-making, 49% are low profit and 6% break even. Only 15% […]
The Buys family of Vrede en Lust acquired Elgin property Casey’s Ridge in 2005 and this now seems to be coming in to its own. The Barrique 2014 scored 91 on the 100-point quality scale in the recent RisCura White Hot Wine Awards and the current-release Artisan Range Casey’s Ridge Syrah 2013 is very good, […]
The Grand Duc Noblesse NV from GlenWood outside Franschhoek is a wine modelled on Sauternes. From Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc, extensive effort was made to ensure that only botrytis-infected grapes were used, fermentation occurring spontaneously before maturation in 225-litre French oak barrels, 100% new. Non-vintage, it incorporates both the 2013 and 2014 harvests. On the […]
The 32nd Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction takes place at the Spier Conference Centre, Stellenbosch on Saturday, 1 October. There are 52 wines on offer and I attended a blind tasting held for the media yesterday. Ratings as follows: 96 Sijnn Wines /awa 2014 (David Trafford) WO Malgas. 62% Syrah, 38% Mourvèdre. Very fragrant aromatics […]
In 1996, the rand-dollar exchange rate was 4.3 and today it is 14.11. Back then, Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1990 cost R900 per bottle while the 2010 vintage will cost you in the region of R15 000. The 20th anniversary Michael Fridjhon Wine Experience was held this past weekend – convener Fridjhon saying that with the […]
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