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“Unnecessarily heavy bottle”, begins the review. Well, many reviews. Particularly if you’re scrolling through Jancis Robinson.com. The world-renowned Ronbinson is not alone in her condemnation...
What is white, aromatic and has a characteristically high acidity? Likely, you would have answered sauvignon blanc, South Africa’s most popular white wine by a...
Is there a more muddled category than South African rosé? I asked myself this question recently while blind tasting through 20 of them. Let’s start...
The range of Pinotage styles is expanding. All of a sudden, lighter-bodied, New Wave examples stand in contrast to the more Old School wines of...
Banele Vakele uncorks a bottle of Tembela Verdelho 2022, his own-label, at a corner table at Furny’s in Noordhoek. Vakele has been acclaimed winemaker Duncan...
South African vineyard property is in hot international demand. The news of Villiera being sold to French company, Grands Chais de France, seems to have...
The first time tasting de-alcoholised wine wasn’t a pleasant experience. Yes there was some fruit there, tropical, with a searing acidity. It was a sauvignon...
In 1957, Egypt re-opened the Suez Canal, the H2N2 pandemic was at its height, and more innocuously the first Frisbees were released for sale. It...
Last year on a road trip through the Agulhas Wine Triangle, I met winemaker Pierre Rabie. A childhood spent diving and fishing along this southernmost...
The Funeral for the Cork was held in New York City on 2 October, 2002. A sombrely irreverent affair, four pallbearers wearing suits carried a...
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