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At a tasting some years ago, a wine luminary said to a group of avid admirers: “Wine farming is such a gamble it’s a wonder...
After a 15 vintages at Nederburg, cellarmaster Razvan Macici has been appointed Distell's head winemaker, a newly-created role overseeing style and quality across the company's...
I sometimes despair at how lacklustre the wines of our major producer-wholesaler Distell are but there’s nothing wrong with the Fleur du Cap Unfiltered Sauvignon...
It’s been my contention for a while now that the wineries which make up Cape Legends, the premium wine brand division of Distell, under-perform and...
At a lunch hosted by Stellenzicht on Friday, a chance to re-visit the Semillon Reserve 2009 (R100 a bottle). It showed form early on –...
Just back from a family holiday to the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast and I was reminded once again how fragile the domestic wine culture is. Wine...
It’s hard not to view Stellenbosch cellar Alto as a victim of its own success. Take the red blend known as Rouge. Just under 400...
A bit like when your favourite indie band signs with a major record company, Stellenbosch property Alto lost a lot of its mystique when it...
With the 2009 vintage, the Bordeaux-style red blend from Dombeya Wines owned by American businessman Preston Haskell changes name from Altus to Fenix, this the...
Cape Legends, the fine wine division of producer-wholesaler Distell, recently relaunched its Tukulu range of wines produced on Papkuilsfontein in Darling as Earthbound with Fairtrade...
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