Everything to do with South African fine wine. Wine magazine was published from October 1993 until September 2011 and now lives on in digital form as winemag.co.za
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I suspect those of us in the international wine trade nearing our 50s or indeed already in our early to mid-50s will form the core...
In 2007, I passed my Master of Wine studies when my dissertation, the final piece of the elaborate MW jigsaw, titled “Method Cap Classique Production...
The past fortnight has been a busy time for top wine trade professionals in London as the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) sees most UK-based...
June in Europe means Bordeaux, Bordeaux and more Bordeaux ... mostly in this case En-primeur 2020 trials and tribulations. As much as we love buying,...
If you are a budding scholar of fine wine, then the past few days surely seemed a momentous and instructive passage of time. After all,...
Believe it or not, the wine trade genuinely has its own biorhythms, its own ebb and flow, and its own unique tide tables. Sometimes I...
They are questions I’m faced with on a regular basis in my day job as a fine wine buyer: What sells? What is currently hot?...
One is regarded as a relatively ancient, classical variety while the other is seen as a fairly boisterous nouveau creation. But both Cinsault and Pinotage...
One of my last trips to France pre-lockdown was an inspired long weekend excursion in late July to Bordeaux just before the annual French summer...
I was recently asked, “What do I think is the most valuable quality of a fine wine buyer? A great palate? Understanding the global fine...
