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Opinion & Analysis

Editorial: Imported wine consumption set to rise as local prices continue to climb

16 April 2024

The May 1994 issue of Wine magazine carried a report on a Pinotage category tasting in which Kanonkop 1990 was the top performing wine with a rating of 4 Stars....

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Tim James: Two labels at lunch time

15 April 2024

I wonder if it counts as name-dropping to mention three such Cape wine luminaries as Chris Alheit, Rosa Kruger and Lukas van Loggerenberg on one back label? If you recognise...

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Storm new releases

15 April 2024

Relative to the high standards that Hannes Storm has set for himself, his three examples of Pinot Noir from the 2021 vintage were a shade underwhelming – see here. “It...

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Neil Ellis new releases

12 April 2024

Neil Ellis is the first person in the wine industry to work as a serious negociant releasing a Riesling, a Sauvignon Blanc and a 1984 Cabernet Sauvignon in 1986. From...

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Radford Dale new releases

11 April 2024

Last year marked the 25th anniversary of Radford Dale being in business and there’s much excitement in the camp about their recently acquired 100% organic estate in Elgin. Their Terroir...

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3 June 2022

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Prescient Chenin Blanc Report 2024: Call for entries

19 March 2024

Entries for this year’s Chenin Blanc Report sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient are now open. Winemag.co.za will be generating a number of category reports throughout the year –...

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Prescient Cape White Blend Report 2024: Call for entries

19 March 2024

Entries for this year's Cape White Blend Report sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient are now open. Winemag.co.za will be generating a number of category reports throughout the year...

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Prescient Shiraz Report 2024: Call for entries

19 March 2024

Entries for the sixth annual Shiraz Report sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient are now open. Winemag.co.za will be generating a number of category reports throughout the year –...

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FedEx Next Generation Awards 2024: Call for entries

3 April 2024

The modern era of South African wine, which has been underway for the last three decades or so, has seen some extraordinary quality gains but who's going to ensure that...

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Weather Report new releases

10 April 2024

Chris Keet Jnr, nephew of Chris Keet of Keet Wines, has left his viticulturist job at Gabriëlskloof in Bot River to concentrate on wines under own Weather Report label, Cabernet...

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Blaauwklippen devastated by fire

7 April 2024

Landbou.com, the website of Afrikaans agriculture magazine Landbouweekblad, reports that Stellenbosch property suffered extensive damage due to a fire driven by gale-force winds last night (6 - 7 April) -...

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Top wines of March 2024

2 April 2024

Here are our three most highly rated wines of last month: Patatsfontein Steen 2023 - 97 (read original review here) Kaapzicht Cabernet Franc 2021 - 96 (read original review here)...

Opinion & Analysis

Tim James: Adventures with port and a wine-strainer

8 April 2024

There was a time when, while waiting for a connection home at Heathrow, Schipol or Malpensa, I would wander acquisitively though the duty-free shops to spend some left-over euros. Even...

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Opinion & Analysis

Podcast: Cap Classique producers Ann and Pieter Ferreira

5 April 2024

David Clarke of the agency Ex Animo Wine Co. provides a podcast consisting of a series of interviews with industry figures, a recent episode featuring Cap Classique producers Ann and...

Recipes

Recipe: Pea soup with watercress & coppa ham

1 April 2024

A light and refreshing pea soup that can be served hot or cold. Yield This recipe serves 4 people. Pea soup recipe ingredients 1 tbsp (15ml) olive oil 1 onion,...
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Reports

Prescient Minority Report 2024: Top 8

3 April 2024

Introduction This year’s Minority Report convened by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is now out. There were 101 entries (46 white wine and 55 red) and...

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10-Year-Old Wine Report 2024

28 February 2024

Introduction This year’s 10-Year-Old Wine Report convened by Winemag.co.za is now out. There were 82 entries from 46 producers and these were tasted blind (labels out of sight) by a...

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Prescient Rosé Report 2023

6 December 2023

Introduction This year’s Rosé Report convened by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is now out. There were 58 entries from 53 producers and these were tasted...

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