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Opinion & Analysis

Michael Fridjhon: Wine’s downturn and our slim chance to save it

23 July 2025

Christian Eedes’s editorial entitled “SA’s wine quality gap widens” published earlier this month highlighted the key elements of what I think is an impending and massive crisis affecting the Cape...

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Beaumont New Baby 2023

23 July 2025

Sebastian Beaumont of Beaumont Family Wines in Bot River describes New Baby as a “no-rules white blend from our three oldest white vineyards.” The newly released 2023 (R495 a bottle)...

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Tim James: On boring wine writers and being priced out of the market

22 July 2025

A vicious cold thwarted my plans of getting out at the crack of dawn on Monday to the Sadie new releses trade tasting in order to dutifully report back to...

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Saurwein new releases

22 July 2025

Jessica Saurwein launched her own label in 2015, making Riesling and Pinot Noir. In 2021, the project found a permanent home when she and her family moved to Waterval farm...

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Lowerland new releases

21 July 2025

Lowerland is the Coetzee family farm on the banks of the Orange River near Prieska in the Northern Cape. Spanning 12,000ha, it is primarily dedicated to pasture and grain, but...

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Prescient Fund Services Sauvignon Blanc Report 2025: Call for entries

24 June 2025

Entries for this year’s Sauvignon Blanc Report sponsored by financial institution Prescient Fund Services are now open, sub-categories including 1) Sauvignon Blanc and 2) Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon Blends. Winemag.co.za will be...

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Prescient Fund Services Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report 2025: Call for entries

24 June 2025

Entries for this year’s Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report sponsored by financial institution Prescient Fund Services are now open. Winemag.co.za will be generating a number of category reports throughout the...

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Groot Phesantekraal Anna de Koning Chenin Blanc 2024

18 July 2025

Richard Schroeder, winemaker at Groot Phesantekraal in Durbanville since November 2020, is betting on Chenin Blanc as the property’s white wine of the future – and he’s been changing things...

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Matthew Copeland to leave Vondeling

2 July 2025

Matthew Copeland, winemaker at Vondeling in the Voor-Paardeberg since mid-2007, is set to move on. Among his many achievements, he helped draft legislation to determine the Méthode Ancestrale category and...

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Top wines of June 2025

1 July 2025

Here are our 19 most highly rate wines of last month:   Alheit Vineyards Fire by Night Chenin Blanc 2024 – 98 (read original review here) Rall Red 2023 –...

Opinion & Analysis

Editorial: The Swartland Revolution – honouring the past, looking ahead

22 July 2025

Earlier this year, I asked a simple question: Can we still, in good faith, call the Swartland Revolution a revolution? It landed harder than expected. Some dismissed it as sour...

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Greg Sherwood MW: A fine wine weekend in Belgium

16 July 2025

Let’s be clear, I like a fun festive wine tastings as much as the next wine lover, but rarely do I jump into my car to drive over four hours...

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Opinion & Analysis

Tim James: More on the death – and survival – of old vineyards

14 July 2025

In response to the piece I wrote about the death of the old vineyards that produced Alheit’s Radio Lazarus, a reader named Gareth commented: “I do wonder if there are...

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Recipes

Recipe: Lamb meatballs with feta, olives & tomato dip

1 July 2025

Perfect for casual entertaining. Lamb meatball recipe ingredients For the lamb meatballs 500g lamb mince 1½ rounds feta, crumbled 15g parsley, finely chopped 15g mint, finely chopped 4 spring onions,...
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Prescient Fund Services Pinotage Report 2025: Top Six

1 July 2025

Introduction This year’s Pinotage Report sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is now out. There were 48 entries received from 32 producers and these were tasted blind (labels out...

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Prescient Fund Services Signature Red Blend Report 2025: Top 10

1 July 2025

Introduction This year’s Signature Red Blend Report convened by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by financial services company Prescient Fund Services is now out. There were 48 entries from 32 producers and...

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iTOO Next Generation Awards 2025: Top 10

23 June 2025

Introduction Results of the this year's Next Generation Awards sponsored by special risks insurance brand iTOO and convened by Winemag.co.za are live. The aim of this new competition is to...

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