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Prescient Fund Services Sweet Wine & Fortifieds Report 2026: Top 10

23 June 2026

Introduction The Sweet Wine & Fortifieds Report 2026 sponsored by Prescient Fund Services is now out. Wines were tasted blind (labels out of sight) by a three-person panel, scoring done...

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Prescient Fund Services Signature Red Blend Report 2026: Top 10

23 June 2026

Introduction This year’s Signature Red Blend Report sponsored by financial services company Prescient Fund Services is now out. There were 55 entries from 45 producers and these were tasted blind...

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Prescient Fund Services Pinotage Report 2026: Top 10

23 June 2026

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

Reviews

Kanonkop Paul Sauer 2023

19 June 2026

There's a sense of a difficult vintage handled exceptionally well when it comes to the newly released 2023 Paul Sauer (price: R1,050) from Simonsberg property Kanonkop. With the industry still...

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Alan Cooke Pinot Noir 2024

18 June 2026

Alan Cooke acquired land on the slopes of Kasteelberg in 2010, establishing Yellowwood Winery and launching his Swartland wines under the Aspoestertjie label. A keenly priced Pinot Noir is always...

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3 June 2022

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Keet First Verse 2022

17 June 2026

Chris Keet, the man who conceived the famed Cordoba Crescendo back in the 1990s, has made the Bordeaux-style red blend that is First Verse since 2009, only one wine allowing...

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Francois Van Zyl resigns as Kanonkop winemaker

9 June 2026

Francois van Zyl has resigned from Kanonkop, where he had worked since 2022, to pursue his own interests. The news was announced in a post on the Stellenbosch estate’s Facebook...

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WWF marks 20 years of Cape wine conservation

4 June 2026

The  Conservation Champion programme facilitated by the South Africa office of independent organisation WWF recently celebrated two decades of formal conservation partnership within the local wine industry. The initiative now...

Opinion & Analysis

Letter to the editor: Wine in the time of self-optimisation

20 June 2026

The following received via email from Jeanri-Tine van Zyl, owner of Feed That Bird PR, a communications consultancy specialising in the wine and hospitality sectors. She is also a wine...

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Tim James: Why Kleine Zalze deserves a second look

15 June 2026

Looking back at the last time I visited and wrote about Kleine Zalze, in 2020, I find I had a thought that I have this time modified a little. It’s...

Opinion & Analysis

Tim James: A visit to Radford Dale’s developing organic estate in Elgin

11 June 2026

One of the more profound pleasures in being intimately involved in (and reporting on) South African wine in the past quarter-decade or so of change has been seeing the growth...

Recipes

Recipe: Grilled lamb rib chops with balsamic and honey glaze

1 June 2026

A recipe which makes shop-bought BBQ sauce redundant. Serves 4 Ingredients: 8-12 lamb rib chops 2 tbsp (30ml) olive oil salt and freshly ground pepper 4 sprigs of rosemary ½...
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iTOO Next Generation Awards 2026: Top 10

19 May 2026

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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Prescient Fund Services Chenin Blanc Report 2026: Top 10

14 April 2026

Introduction This year’s Chenin Blanc Report convened by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by Prescient Fund Services is now out. There were 50 entries of single-variety Chenin Blanc and 18 Cape White...

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Prescient Fund Services Shiraz Report 2026: Top 10

14 April 2026

Introduction This year’s Shiraz Report convened by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by Prescient Fund Services is now out. There were 59 entries and these were tasted blind (labels out of sight)...
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