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Unlike previous vintages, the Shiraz 2013 under the First Sighting label (now redesigned by Fanakalo of Stellenbosch) as made by Elim producer Strandveld Vineyards doesn’t...
I suppose it’s commendable when a competition panel rewards lightness over heaviness as seems to have been the case when the First Sighting Shiraz 2012...
Though the back label of the First Sighting Sauvignon Blanc 2013 (R64 a bottle) from Elim cellar Strandveld promises green pepper and asparagus, these are...
One of the more memorable soundbites from international judge Oz Clarke during the feedback session after this year’s Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show was “Elim...
Judging the Shiraz category at the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show last week, I despaired at how many examples seemed overblown with big alcohols (14.5%...
As featured in the June issue of Decanter: Though lighthouses as aids to navigation are all but redundant due to GPS, the one at Cape...
Yesterday a tasting of all current release Elim wines towards generating a list of recommendations to appear in an article I’m writing for UK magazine...
Do extreme loctions make for extremely good wines? I spent Tuesday and Wednesday exploring Elim, the windswept ward in the Cape Agulhas district that boasts...
Pictured alongside are Conrad and Suzan Vlok of Elim property Strandveld, who have two wines in Wine magazine’s 2010 Sauvignon Blanc, namely First Sighting 2009...
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