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Yesterday a tasting of 18 examples of Sauvignon Blanc from the ward of Elgin. “I want people to realise that cool climate doesn’t equal “green”....
Yesterday the new releases from Paul Cluver Estate in Elgin. Scores and tasting notes below: Paul Cluver Gewürztraminer 2012: 16/20 Price: R75 Unusually shy nose...
The Sauvignon Blanc from Iona in Elgin usually takes at least 12 months from vintage to open up but the 2012 (R107.50) bottled a week...
The Shiraz 2008 from Neil Ellis Wines with truffle scrambled eggs on toast while watching Team SA’s Cameron Van Der Burgh not only win gold...
Koen and Lore Roose, importers of South African wine into Belgium for over a decade, acquired land in Elgin in 2005 intent on making their...
After a recent review of Vrede en Lust Artisan Range CCV 2010, an invitation from Dana Buys to visit the property in Elgin which supplied...
In 2005, Dana Buys of Vrede en Lust in Paarl purchased Casey’s Ridge, a 90ha property in the south-western part of Elgin. 60ha of apple...
Yesterday a vertical of Catherine Marshall Pinot Noir alongside four-course lunch prepared by chef Luke Dale-Roberts of The Test Kitchen in Woodstock, Cape Town. First...
One suspects that when the Downes brothers set about establishing Shannon Vineyards in Elgin back in 2000, they thought they’d make their name with Pinot...
I’ve gone on record that I don’t like Elgin Sauvignon Blanc but perhaps I should re-phrase that and simply say that I find it bemusing....
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