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The inaugural Shiraz Report is now out. 83 entries were received from 67 producers for this year’s competition. These were tasted blind (labels out of sight) by the three-person panel,...
In early 2018, Paarl cellar Avondale became the first cellar in South Africa to work with qvevri, the earthenware vessel associated with winemaking in Georgia (see Tim James’s related article...
Which of two contradictory things is harder to believe: (1) That Chris and Andrea Mullineux’s Syrah and White Blend are now already into their second decade of releases? (The first...
At R500 a bottle, the Kaaimansgat Blanc de Blancs 2016 is the top of the range offering from Méthode Cap Classique dedicated cellar Krone. Grapes from Elandskloof situated at 700m...
Grower-owned company Stellenbosch Hills have upped the ante with two new top-end wines under the collective name of Sense of Place, these being a wooded Chenin Blanc called Kastanjeberg 2017 and...
Winemag.co.za is pleased to announce the third annual Pinot Noir Report sponsored by Tonnellerie Saint Martin. Wines will be tasted blind by a three-person panel consisting of Christian Eedes as...
Our Best Value Tastings programme – aimed at finding the best wines costing between R60 and R120 a bottle – is about to wrap up for the year. Our intention...
We’re offering you the chance to win a six-bottle mixed case of top performing wines from this year’s Merlot Report. Wines on offer include: Creation 2017 – 90/100 Groot Constantia...
Results of the 23rd annual Absa Top 10 Pinotage competition have just been announced, the winners as follows: Anura Reserve 2016 Badsberg 2018 Beyerskloof Winemaker’s Reserve 2017 Diemersdal Reserve 2018...
I There’s something particularly lovely about a curving vineyard, gently adapting itself to a hillside. They must be rare, given the exigencies of the trellising and mechanisation that dominates modern...
Earlier this week, Twitter user @sawinereviews commented “So many tastings, so many competitions, so many scores… the whole thing is becoming so diluted & mundane, there is no reliable single...
Never eaten à la West Africa before? You are in for a treat. Remember how you felt the first time you tried Thai, cuisine? Think back to the thrill of...
The fourth annual Signature Red Blend Report, featuring wines distinctive of their originators, is now out. 58 entries were received from 42 producers for this year’s competition. These were tasted...
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...
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...
