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Black Elephant Vintners The Dark Side of the Vine Semillon 2017

27 July 2021

While the 2015 vintage of The Dark Side of the Vine Semillon from Black Elephant Vintners was staggeringly good, I recall being somewhat nonplussed as to how very oxidative the...

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Tim James: Three great wines – but what of their presentation?

26 July 2021

Let’s take the quality of the wines discussed below as unassailable. Is the aesthetic judgement – and in one case, the political one – merely a matter of taste (or...

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Prescient Shiraz Report 2021: Call for entries

26 July 2021

Entries for the third annual Shiraz Report 2021 sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient are now open. Winemag.co.za will be generating a number of category reports throughout the year...

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Rall new releases

26 July 2021

In these troubled times, wine provides solace and what solace to be had from the new releases from Donovan Rall. Tasting notes and ratings as follows (prices to be confirmed):...

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Wildeberg Terroirs Chenin Blanc 2020

19 July 2021

Wildeberg is the Franschhoek farm owned by UK wine company Boutinot and Terroirs the name given to wines from special sites across the Western Cape. The Terroirs Chenin Blanc features...

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Pella Family Reserve 2013

15 July 2021

At R1 500 a bottle, the current-release Pella Family Reserve 2013 as made by Daniël de Waal of Super Single Vineyards is not cheap but production was a mere 372...

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Spier appoints Johan Jordaan as head winemaker

15 July 2021

The Stellenbosch-based cellar Spier has announced the appointment of Johan Jordaan as head winemaker. He succeeds Frans Smit, who has now taken on the role of Spier’s managing director. Jordaan...

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Coronavirus regulations: Alcohol ban extended

12 July 2021

Alert Level 4 restrictions in South Africa were last night extended for another 14 days, the sale of alcohol is still prohibited. The curfew from 21h00 to 04h00 remains in...

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Michael Fridjhon: What factors should drive official alcohol policy?

21 July 2021

The 19th century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli has been credited with first saying that “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” It ought to be...

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Tim James: Saliva and wine

19 July 2021

If you’re sensible as well as squeamish, you will not have peered too closely into a winetaster’s spittoon. But if you have (huh, Kwispedoor?), you should have realised, from all...

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50 Next recognizes Capetonian Leah Bessa as food and drink leader

5 May 2021

The organisation behind The World’s 50 Best Restaurants has unveiled the first edition of 50 Next, a list of young people shaping the future of gastronomy. 700 candidates were considered...

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Prescient Minority Report 2021: Niche Red Varieties Top 10

21 July 2021

Introduction This year’s Minority Report convened by winemag.co.za and sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is to be released sequentially - part two featuring niche red varieties now out....

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Prescient Minority Report 2021: Niche White Varieties Top 10

20 July 2021

Introduction This year’s Minority Report convened by winemag.co.za and sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is to be released sequentially - part one featuring niche white varieties now out....

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Prescient Merlot Report 2021: Top 10

22 June 2021

Introduction This year’s Merlot Report sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is now out. There were 55 entries received from 45 producers and these were tasted blind (labels out...

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