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There is always a sense when tasting the wines of Donovan Rall that he is not inclined to operate strictly according to the rules. The...
The 2016 vintage was an exceptionally hot and dry vintage and therefore particularly challenging. Donovan Rall of Rall Wine explains his approach was to harvest...
The Vuurberg White as made by Donovan Rall has tended to live in the shadow of his own-label white blend but the recently released 2015...
Why do SA’s whites tend to outperform its reds? It’s a question again posed by Donovan Rall’s red blend from the 2013 vintage. It’s blend...
The Verdelho component in 2014 vintage of Donovan Rall’s white blend has been increased to some 30%, the other components being “50% Chenin Blanc, 3...
If you were a winery owner, would you let your winemaker have his own label? Recently a fascinating tasting featuring eight pairs of wines, each...
Donovan Rall has enjoyed huge success since his maiden vintage 2008. What does he put it down to? “Luck. Being surrounded by like-minded people. Constantly...
Donovan Rall has been winemaker at Stellenbosch winery Vuurberg since 2010 and has been quietly refining the wines since his arrival there. If the white...
That wine changes with time in the bottle is a given, but it’s not often that the alterations over 12 months are as dramatically positive...
Donovan Rall started out studying a BSc in psychology at the University of Stellenbosch but then the wine bug bit and he switched to winemaking....
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