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Chateau Libertas was established in 1932 by Dr William Charles Winshaw of Stellenbosch Farmers Winery and Roodeberg in 1949 by Dr Charles Niehaus in 1949....
To honour Francis “Duimpie” Bayly, one of South Africa’s most distinguished wine personalities, who died last year, producer-wholesaler Distell have launched a limited-edition wine under...
Chateau Libertas has been made since 1932 and therefore celebrates its 90th anniversary this year. While older bottlings have aged magnificently and are highly collectible...
As part of my recent effort to give users of this website a baseline when it comes to scoring, a bottle of Distell’s Chateau Libertas...
I had intended this week to have a look at sub-R100 foreign white wines. But the weather in Cape Town has turned so autumnal, even...
An almost inevitable topic came up for discussion among those attending the recent grand match between some old Cape stars and their international equivalents: the...
A most remarkable tasting was held in Cape Town last Friday evening. Some 15 people paid quite a bit of money to sit down at...
No self-respecting student in the Cape over the past eight decades, since 1936 specifically, would face the year without the character-building help of another colourful...
On Friday, a visit to the Tabernacle, Distell’s underground wine library housing a 14 000-bottle collection of rare local and international wines. A small group...
Unsubstantiated rumours that Chateau Libertas is on the way out, with no new following in the emerging market segment prior or subsequent to its recent...
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