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Introduction Over the course of the year, Winemag.co.za reviewed 677 wines across 13 categories in reports sponsored by Prescient Fund Services. Each report was based on the results of blind...
Introduction This year’s Cabernet Sauvignon Report sponsored by Prescient Financial Services is now out. There were 60 entries received from 43 producers and these were tasted blind (labels out of...
Introduction This year’s Chardonnay Report convened by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by Prescient Fund Services is now out. There were 76 entries from 56 producers and these were tasted blind (labels...
Antares is the “ever-changing field blend” from the farm Le Lit de Franken in the Buffeljags River ward near Swellendam, made by Jos van Wyk, whose day job is at...
Five wines spanning three vintages highlights the evolving story of Restless River. The new releases include the Cabernet from the relatively straightforward 2022 vintage; single-vineyard Pinot and Chardonnay from the...
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Winemag.co.za exists both to celebrate South Africa’s best wines and as a forum where ideas can be exchanged and opposing arguments can be put forward towards determining the best outcomes...
Catherine Marshall, one of South Africa’s pioneering independent winemakers, graduated from Elsenberg in 1991 and went on to establish her own label under the name Barefoot Wine Company in 1997...
Earlier this year, a tasting titled “South Africa’s New Wave Tasting – Ten Years On” was held in London, where various wine professionals revisited the wines of the so-called young...
Werner Muller, winemaker at Elgin’s Iona since May 2011, will depart in May 2026 after completing the harvest. Muller says: "While I have no specifics to share at this point,...
“I always cook with wine and sometimes I also put it into the food.” This quote is attributed to WC Fields who could be termed the father of American comedy....
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You would have to be less than half-literate and perversely uninterested not to note that 2025 is the Centenary Year of Pinotage. Even if pinotage is not your cultivar of...
Summer is more or less here in Cape Town, with occasional backward glances to winter, and I believe that it’s been resident in Johannesburg, for example, for some time already....
South Africa’s finest Extra Virgin Olive Oils (EVOOs) were recently celebrated at the 12th annual Absa Top 10 Olive Oil Awards. The awards follow the annual SA Olive Awards, where...
Introduction This year’s Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report convened by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by global financial services company Prescient is now out. There were 48 entries from 38 producers and...
Introduction This year’s Sauvignon Blanc Report sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is now out. There were 78 entries received from 55 producers and these were tasted blind (labels...
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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