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Is SA wine tracking in the right direction?

24 January 2020

Perhaps the most remarkable piece of data to emerge from yesterday’s Vinpro Information Day was that when it comes to profitability measured in terms of net farm income per hectare,...

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Sijnn Touriga Naçional 2017

23 January 2020

Touriga Naçional, the famous Port variety, is known for producing extremely concentrated, dark, tannic wines with a distinctive floral aromatic note in youth and the team at Sijnn in Malgas...

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CanCan by Renegade Wines

22 January 2020

As the guy usually tasked with getting the cooler box halfway up Table Mountain when attending Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts, wine in a can, as opposed to glass, has some...

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Klein Constantia Sauvignon Blanc 2018

21 January 2020

While Klein Constantia is known first and foremost for the iconic sweet wine Vin de Constance, it’s also built a reputation for top-quality Sauvignon Blanc over the years. Frankly, however,...

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B Vintners Haarlem to Hope 2018

20 January 2020

While Raats Family Wines sees Bruwer Raats and cousin Gavin Slabbert focusing on two specific varieties, namely Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc with a view to constant gradual improvement, their...

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Announcing the Label Design Awards 2020: Wine – Beer – Spirits

9 December 2019

Don’t miss the chance for your label to shine! Entries for the sixth annual Wine Label Design Awards, the third annual Beer Label Design Awards and now for the first...

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Label Design Awards 2020: Wine – Call for entries

Proudly Sponsored by Rotolabel, in association with UPM Raflatac, Synchron, Kemtek and HP. Important Dates Deadline for submission of entry forms AND payment of entry...

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Label Design Awards 2020: Beer – Call for entries

Proudly Sponsored by Rotolabel, in association with UPM Raflatac, Synchron, Kemtek and HP. Important Dates Deadline for submission of entry forms AND payment of entry...

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Label Design Awards 2020: Spirits – Call for entries

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10-Year-Old Wine Report 2020: Call for entries

20 January 2020

One of the most important measures of great wine is that it should be age-worthy and with this in mind, Winemag.co.za is running the fourth annual 10-Year-Old Wine Report. Producers...

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Rupert & Rothschild Classique 2017

17 January 2020

With the current-release 2017 selling for around R185 a bottle and total production mooted to be 1.5 million bottles, the Cape Bordeaux red blend that is Classique from Rupert &...

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Recent Comments

  • CanCan by Renegade Wines Chris A commented I think these guys are going to do some serious business! Good for them. We need success stories.
  • CanCan by Renegade Wines Angela Lloyd commented What interests me is the environmental cost of making the cans as compared with glass or PET. Reading some stats…
  • CanCan by Renegade Wines John commented Some pretty high scores for wine in a can in this tasting: https://www.decanter.com/decanter-best/canned-wine-405876/
  • CanCan by Renegade Wines Christian Eedes commented Hi James, Reply from winemaker Haasbroek on Twitter to a similar question: "Storage is no different to that in bottle…

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Three new Cape Winemakers Guild members announced

16 January 2020

The Cape Winemakers Guild has three new members, namely Adi Badenhorst, Peter-Allan Finlayson and Donovan Rall, bringing total membership to 43. Badenhorst is the co-owner of AA Badenhorst Family Wines...

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Reader funding drive – progress report

13 January 2020

At the end of last year, we were gratified when you, the readers of this site, insisted that we retain our hybrid model of both blind and sighted tastings. However,...

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Opinion & Analysis

Tim James: Looking back at SA wine 20 years ago

20 January 2020

Turn of the year, turn of the decade – January 2020 is a good excuse to look back at what’s happened in the South African wine industry. So why not...

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Opinion & Analysis

Wine and fun

14 January 2020

Back in the mid-2000s, I used to write a weekly email newsletter called Gulp!, in which I would regale readers with my misfortunes in courting and the solace I used...

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Restaurant reviews

La Petite Colombe

3 December 2019

Chef John Norris-Rogers of La Petite Colombe might start a new craze with his chawanmushi, or Japanese egg custard. Served as part of the restaurant’s “snack” course, the buttercup-creamy liquid...

Reports

Sauv-Sem Blend/Wooded Sauvignon Blanc Report 2019

13 November 2019

The seventh annual Sauv-Sem Blend/Wooded Sauvignon Blanc Report is now out. There were 29 blend entries (from 24 producers) and 23 wooded Sauvignon Blanc entries (from 21 producers) and these...

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Prescient Chardonnay Report 2019

15 October 2019

The ninth annual Chardonnay Report sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is now out. There were 93 entries from 65 producers and these were tasted blind (labels out of...

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Best Value

Best Value Tastings 2019: Results

4 October 2019

Over the past few months, Winemag.co.za has convened a series of tastings aimed at finding the best wines costing between R60 to R120 a bottle. Our intention was to identify...

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