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Prescient Signature Red Blend Report 2022: Call for entries

23 May 2022

Entries for the seventh annual Signature Red Blend Report are now open, the focus being wines which are distinctive of their originators and draw particular attention in the market place....

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Tim James: Visiting the Paardeberg – 2: The Alheit’s Nuwedam

23 May 2022

The first impressive wine to come entirely off the Paardeberg was a white: Sadie Family Palladius 2002 (which later started refermenting in bottle, but still!) – a blend of chenin,...

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De Kat se Snor current releases

23 May 2022

Gerhard Smith’s regular job is at Creation in Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge but he also makes wine under his own label called Die Kat se Snor (which translates as “The Cat’s Whiskers...

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Saurwein new releases

20 May 2022

Jessica Saurwein and husband Roland Peens will soon be planting vineyard to be farmed regeneratively on their recently acquired Stanford property but for now, Saurwein continues to make wine from...

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Creation current releases

19 May 2022

Creation in Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge has gained a reputation for being one of the top tourist destinations in the winelands offering elaborate food and wine pairings as well as regular art...

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Storm Wines new releases

18 May 2022

Hannes Storm’s three examples of Pinot Noir from the 2020 vintage are a revelation. He says that they have “enough of everything – both perfume and texture” and they are...

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Chenin Blanc Association launches style indicator

20 May 2022

The Chenin Blanc Association (CBA) has a plan to improve the variety’s accessibility and hence grow its popularity with a simple new style indicator that will appear on wine bottles...

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Vergelegen appoints Luke O’Cuinneagain as new winemaker

17 May 2022

Vergelegen (this website's 2021 Winery of the Year) has announced the appointment of Luke O'Cuinneagain as its new winemaker. He will take up his appointment around September this year, following...

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Greg Sherwood MW: Harnessing the potential of future vineyard sites

18 May 2022

Profitability in the wine industry has always been a hot topic and surely none more so than when it comes to planting new vineyards. The old adage of “How do...

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Tim James: Visiting the Paardeberg – 1: A historic bottle of Lammershoek

17 May 2022

The winemaker of Lammershoek, Jorrie du Plessis, and I went scrabbling in the storage space beneath the cellar, hoping to find a bottle that I’d only heard about. It was...

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The Jordan Restaurant announces new head chef

10 December 2021

Chef Marthinus Ferreira, of dw eleven - 13 in Johannesburg, has been selected as head chef of The Jordan Restaurant in Stellenbosch from mid-April 2022. The signature restaurant will trade...

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Prescient Chenin Blanc Report 2022: Top 10

10 May 2022

Introduction This year’s Chenin Blanc Report convened by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is now out. There were 82 entries received from 61 producers and these...

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Prescient Cape White Blend Report 2022: Top 10

10 May 2022

Introduction This year’s Cape White Blend Report convened by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is now out. There were 27 entries from 26 producers and these...

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Prescient Shiraz Report 2022: Top 10

10 May 2022

Introduction This year’s Shiraz Report convened by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is now out. There were 99 entries from 82 producers and these were tasted...
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