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iTOO Next Generation Awards 2025: Top 10

20 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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Bellingham The Masterpiece Cape Blend 2023

20 June 2025

The Masterpiece range of wines is the result of a collaboration between retailer Pick n Pay and Bellingham. Launched in 2020, each vintage bears the work of a different local...

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Kanonkop Kadette Pinotage 2023

19 June 2025

Arguments against brand extensions are that it risks brand dilution, confuses consumers, and stretches resources, none of which appears to have fazed Stellenbosch powerhouse Kanonkop which now has a Pinotage...

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Il Geco Pinot Gris 2023

17 June 2025

Clarise Sciocatti-Langeveldt is a local winemaker with Italian roots – her predecessors were silkworm-farmers who settled in Knysna’s forrests during the 1800s. She left Hazendal in 2022 to focus on...

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Brookdale new releases

12 June 2025

Since its 2017 debut, Brookdale in Paarl has turned heads with a series of distinctive, uncompromising wines, often crafted from unconventional varieties. While the winemaking team changed in October last...

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3 June 2022

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Mvemve Raats new releases

5 June 2025

Mzo Mvemve and Bruwer Raats, the duo behind the MR label, have until now produced just one wine, that being De Compostella, a Bordeaux-style red blend, first released in 2004....

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Winemaking changes at Sijnn

12 June 2025

Sijnn, the pioneering Malgas property co-owned by David and Rita Trafford of De Trafford, has announced that Charla Haasbroek will be stepping down as winemaker after a distinguished tenure spanning...

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Top wines of May 2025

1 June 2025

Here are our 16 most highly rated wines of last month: Crystallum Cuvée Cinema Pinot Noir 2024 – 96 (read original review here) Crystallum Ferrum Chardonnay 2024 – 96 (read...

Opinion & Analysis

Greg Sherwood MW: Adding further context to the “10 Years On Tasting”

18 June 2025

Judging and assessing wines is part and parcel of what wine critics, wine journalists, and wine buyers do on a daily basis. But scoring wines, whether tasted sighted or blind,...

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Letter to the editor: Despite criticism, Cape sommeliers continue their upward climb

17 June 2025

The following received via email from Spencer Fondaumiere, outgoing chair of the South African Sommeliers Association in response to Michael Fridjhon’s recent article, “The Rise - and potential fall -...

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Tim James: Leeu Passant – a Cape wine game-changer

17 June 2025

When Indian businessman Analjit “Bas” Singh made a first visit to Cape Town in 2010 (bringing a soccer-mad son to the FIFA World Cup) it’s possible, I suppose, that he...

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Recipes

Recipe: Roasted guavas with cinnamon sugar

2 June 2025

These roasted guavas are great for a weekend brunch. Best enjoyed with your favourite muesli and some plain yoghurt. Yield This recipe serves 4 people. Roasted guava recipe ingredients 4...

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Prescient Fund Services Chenin Blanc Report 2025: Top 10

20 May 2025

Introduction This year’s Chenin Blanc Report convened by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by financial institution Prescient Fund Services is now out. There were 63 entries of single-variety Chenin Blanc and 15...

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Prescient Fund Services Shiraz Report 2025: Top 10

20 May 2025

Introduction This year’s Shiraz Report convened by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is now out. There were 71 entries and these were tasted blind (labels out...

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Minority Report 2025: Top 8

1 April 2025

This year’s Minority Report convened by Winemag.co.za is now out. There were 103 entries (45 white wine and 58 red) and these were tasted blind (labels out of sight) by...

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