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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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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 –...
There’s poignancy in seeing the death of a vineyard while still being able to taste the lovely energy of the wine it once offered. Last week I wrote about just...
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A few weeks or days ago it was International Potato Day. I didn’t know about it. Perhaps you did – I mean we are all fans of the mashed, the...
Perfect for casual entertaining. Lamb meatball recipe ingredients For the lamb meatballs 500g lamb mince 1½ rounds feta, crumbled 15g parsley, finely chopped 15g mint, finely chopped 4 spring onions,...
Introduction This year’s Pinotage Report sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is now out. There were 48 entries received from 32 producers and these were tasted blind (labels out...
Introduction This year’s Signature Red Blend Report convened by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by financial services company Prescient Fund Services is now out. There were 48 entries from 32 producers and...
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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