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Opinion & Analysis

Editorial: SA wine’s quality gap widens

8 July 2025

At this year’s Trophy Wine Show, 40 of the 650 wines tasted were awarded gold medals. Shiraz led the way with five, the most current-release golds of any category. However,...

Could the Grootbos Cape Winemakers Guild Experience hosted by Strauss & Co become South Africa’s premier wine event combining benchmarking with sheer pleasure and indulgence? This year, some 40 guests...

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Reviews

Thorne & Daughters new releases

7 July 2025

Thorne & Daughters is the label begun by John Seccombe with the 2013 vintage. They are the product of a hands-off but undoubtedly deft approach to winemaking, the guiding philosophy...

Reviews

Uys Family Wines new releases

3 July 2025

In 2022, while making wine for a Hemel-En-Aarde property Spookfontein, Nelis Uys launched his own label. He remains based near Hermanus, sourcing locally and from the Swartland, making his wines...

Reviews

Léze Herholdt new releases

3 July 2025

Léze Herholdt is the original go-getter. After earning a degree in Viticulture and Oenology in 2017, she went on to complete an MSc in Wine and Spirits Management at Kedge...

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3 June 2022

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Prescient Fund Services Sauvignon Blanc Report 2025: Call for entries

24 June 2025

Entries for this year’s Sauvignon Blanc Report sponsored by financial institution Prescient Fund Services are now open, sub-categories including 1) Sauvignon Blanc and 2) Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon Blends. Winemag.co.za will be...

Prescient Fund Services Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report 2025: Call for entries

24 June 2025

Entries for this year’s Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report sponsored by financial institution Prescient Fund Services are now open. Winemag.co.za will be generating a number of category reports throughout the...

Reviews

Rall new releases

29 June 2025

Donovan Rall says he’s “stoked” with the quality the 2024 vintage delivered. “It was non-stop – no wait-and-see moments - but we’ve faced similar seasons before, and we were on...

News

Matthew Copeland to leave Vondeling

2 July 2025

Matthew Copeland, winemaker at Vondeling in the Voor-Paardeberg since mid-2007, is set to move on. Among his many achievements, he helped draft legislation to determine the Méthode Ancestrale category and...

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Top wines of June 2025

1 July 2025

Here are our 19 most highly rate wines of last month: Alheit Vineyards Fire by Night Chenin Blanc 2024 – 98 (read original review here) Rall Red 2023 –...

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