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What stylistics predominate at the top-end of the South African Shiraz category? For a reference point, look no further than the 2010 vintage from Constantia...
Stand-out wine when Stellenbosch winery Kleine Zalse put on a vertical tasting from 2006 to 2009 of its Family Reserve Shiraz at Bizerca restaurant on...
Eagles’s Nest , a relatively new winery in Constantia, has done so well with its Shiraz that I’ve tended to overlook its other offerings. During...
So Constantia Bordeaux-style red blends can hold their own against some pretty stiff competition from the rest of the world (see yesterday’s post). But what...
Big fan of Constantia winery Steenberg’s whites, not such a big fan of its reds. Until now, that is. The Shiraz 2009 is all about...
A tasting of ten examples of Viognier, the line-up including wines that have come to the fore in one context or another as among the...
At dinner last night as part of the second annual Constantia Fresh weekend organised by Jörg Pfützner of Fine Wine Events, another chance to see...
Below is a list of my 10 best wines for 2010. Where I encountered them blind, I scored them well enough but they appear here...
The worldwide surface area planted to Shiraz vines has gone from less than 10 000 hectares in the early 1980s to more than 150 000...
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