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Minimalist current releases

12 May 2025

Sam Lambson founded Minimalist Wines in January 2018 with the intention of focusing solely on Syrah. He sources grapes from across the winelands, although operates out of a cellar situated...

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Anna Trapido: The Saxon gets a taste of the new South Africa

9 May 2025

For the past 25 years, Qunu restaurant at the Saxon Hotel, Johannesburg has set the standard for Gauteng gourmet glamour. A recent collaboration with African Foodways Productions, and Leeu Passant...

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Boekenhoutskloof Syrah 2022

9 May 2025

Analysis is often deemed secondary to organoleptic impression in wine appreciation, but the relatively high pH of 3.94 in the 2022 Boekenhoutskloof Syrah is worth noting – it lends the...

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Kaapzicht Sonsteen Chenin Blanc 2024

7 May 2025

You get quite a lot of wine for your money with the 2024 vintage of Sonsteen Chenin Blanc from Kaapzicht in Stellenbosch. Sourced from a 1985 vineyard, this sees three...

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Hogan new releases

2 May 2025

Jocelyn Hogan Wilson, who released her first wines under her own label in 2014, has steadily earned a reputation for crafting thoughtful, finely tuned wines. With her 2024 releases now...

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3 June 2022

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iTOO Next Generation Awards 2025: Call for entries

11 April 2025

The modern era of South African wine, now three decades in, has delivered remarkable gains in quality – but who will drive the next wave of progress? The Next Generation...

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Prescient Fund Services Pinotage Report 2025: Call for entries

5 May 2025

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

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Prescient Fund Services Signature Red Blend Report 2025: Call for entries

5 May 2025

Entries for this year's Signature Red Blend Report sponsored by financial institution Prescient Fund Services are now open, the focus being wines which are distinctive of their originators and draw...

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Winshaw new releases

29 April 2025

Brothers JP and Pierre Winshaw, current custodians of the family’s Stellenbosch property, trace their lineage to Dr William Charles Winshaw, founder of Stellenbosch Farmers Winery, and to Bill Winshaw, another...

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Top wines of April 2025

1 May 2025

Here are the 16 most highly rated wines of last month: Scions of Sinai Granietsteen Chenin Blanc 2024 – 98 (read original review here) Storm Ridge Chardonnay 2024 – 97...

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World wine consumption at its lowest since 1961

16 April 2025

The International Vine and Wine Organisation (OIV) yesterday released statistics on production, consumption and trade from all producing and consuming nations (more than 180) to create a snapshot of the...

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Greg Sherwood MW: Navigating the slippery path to wine premiumisation

7 May 2025

We’re now a couple of weeks into the 2024 Bordeaux En Primeur campaign here in Europe—an annual bellwether for the fine wine world. Traditionally, this period carries enormous weight, with...

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Editorial: Revisiting the blind tasting era in SA fine wine

7 May 2025

Back in the 2000s, when old media (i.e. ink on paper) was in its pomp and the fine wine sector of the South African fine wine industry was trying to...

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Tim James: The Swartland Revolution – 15 years of great change

5 May 2025

With the publicity about the latest and almost certainly the very last Swartland Revolution, I was pushed back in my mind to the first, in 2010, and the differences between...

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Recipe: Chickpea fritters in lettuce cups with tzatziki

1 May 2025

These chickpea fritters are served lettuce cups with tzatziki – making them a light and guilt-free lunch or post-work snack. Yield This recipe serves 4 people. Chickpea fritter recipe ingredients 400g...
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Minority Report 2025: Top 8

1 April 2025

This year’s Minority Report convened by Winemag.co.za is now out. There were 103 entries (45 white wine and 58 red) and these were tasted blind (labels out of sight) by...

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10-Year-Old Wine Report 2025

25 February 2025

Introduction This year’s 10-Year-Old Wine Report convened by Winemag.co.za is now out. There were 98 entries from 47 producers and these were tasted blind (labels out of sight) by a...

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Prescient Rosé Report 2024: Top 10

4 December 2024

Introduction This year’s Rosé Report convened by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by global financial services company Prescient is now out. There were 44 entries from 39 producers and these were tasted...

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