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Is the 2016 vintage of Paul Sauer from Kanonkop in Stellenbosch (R650 a bottle from Wine Cellar) in the same league as the much vaunted 2015? Suffice to say, it’s...
Alongside Steenberg and Rustenberg, the third South African wine farm claiming a founding date of 1682 is Blaauwklippen, whose position is indicated on a fairly crude, circa 1688-1690 map where...
Sitting down to lunch at Terroir on the Kleine Zalze Estate in Stellenbosch is like greeting an old friend. Simultaneously comforting and interesting, there is trust and familiarity but also...
Telos 2015 – R4 200 a bottle – from Tokara in Stellenbosch. Vanity project? Another well-meaning but half-baked effort to elevate the reputation, and in conjunction, the price of South African...
Newton Johnson in Upper Hemel en Aarde, Full Stop Rock selling for around R180 a bottle the understudy to Granum which sells for R345 or so. The 2017 vintage of...
Winemag.co.za is pleased to announce the inaugural Shiraz Report. Wines will be tasted blind by a three-person panel consisting of Christian Eedes as chairman as well as Roland Peens and...
Lizelle Gerber is joining Nederburg Wines in Paarl as its new head winemaker from 1 August. Nederburg is part of the newly-formed Libertas Vineyards and Estates, Distell’s independent premium and...
Results of Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships 2019 were announced recently. 185 gold medals and 212 silver medals were awarded to participants from 18 countries and the following South...
A while back I reported on the depressingly small volume of “serious” – indeed, basically dry – wines drunk in this country, as opposed to the likes of 4th Street...
The red blend that is Dr Charles Niehaus from KWV is positioned as a kind of “super Roodeberg”, a signature blend made as a tribute to Roodeberg’s founder, Niehaus being...
Let’s talk about Cape Town restaurant prices; more specifically the price of posh restaurant food. Is it as bad as you think? Right now, Between Us in Bree Street has...
The fifth annual Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report is now out. 65 entries were received from 53 producers for this year’s competition and these were tasted blind (labels out of...
Results of the Best Value Chenin Blanc Tasting aimed at finding the best examples of this variety costing between R60 and R120 a bottle are now out. The top five...
Results of the Best Value Shiraz Tasting aimed at finding the best examples of this variety costing between R60 and R120 a bottle are now out The top five wines...
