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“Cabernet Sauvignon is the ‘underdog variety’ relative to Shiraz at Hartenberg,” says winemaker Carl Schultz before presenting a multi-vintage tasting of the wine. That might...
It’s curious how some wines attract cult status while others go largely unsung and the Méthode Ancienne Cabernet Sauvignon from Springfield in Robertson is perhaps...
Stellenbosch winery Vergenoegd remains resolutely low profile despite having been bottling wine under own label since 1972 and counting the illustrious Meerlust as its neighbour....
Judging the Shiraz category with Australian wine industry legend Brian Croser, it was remarkable how reluctant he was to commit to a score for very...
Last week, Durbanville Hills’ supermarket Merlot up against its counterpart from Nederburg, which wasn’t a very joyous experience. This time around, the two wineries’ corresponding...
At last year’s Nederburg Auction, a case of six half-bottles of Zonnebloem Cabernet Sauvignon 1961 fetched R5 500, the equivalent of R1 833 per 750ml...
Yesterday Bertrams Cabernet Sauvignon Superior 1978 poured by David Trafford of De Trafford who hoped to demonstrate that South African reds can be age-worthy and...
A debate I’ve had among my colleagues tasting for Platter’s 2012 concerns the merits of tasting by category versus those of tasting by producer. Tasting...
After three days drinking current-release wines in Robertson, lunch yesterday demanded a change of pace and hence some older examples of Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon. The...
“Will be great drinking by 2000,” says the 1998 edition of Platter’s of the Kanonkop Cabernet Sauvignon 1995. Better to have taken your cue from...
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