Tag: Jamie Goode
Marthélize Tredoux: Yet more on wine scoring
Forgive me for raising the old chestnut of wines scores but there’s been a lot of chatter around the subject just recently. Some in...
Moderation required in the closure debate
The cork vs screwcap debate is in danger of becoming too polarised. During the recent Elgin White Wine Retrospective, a workshop convened by the...
Chenin Blanc – The Unplayed Card?
“There should be more excitement about South Africa. The gap in price between entry level and fine wine is smaller than any other country...
Lanzerac Pinotage 1963
On Friday, a visit to the Tabernacle, Distell’s underground wine library housing a 14 000-bottle collection of rare local and international wines. A small...
Flagstone Time Manner Place Pinotage 2010
Flagstone Writer’s Block Pinotage has long been one of the more accomplished versions of the variety for me. Conceived by Bruce Jack, it’s Wine...
Signatures of Doolhof Malbec 2010
Did the Signatures of Doolhof Malbec 2010 from Wellington property Doolhof deserve to place among the winners at this year’s Top 100 SA Wines...
Wine on the web
From the May issue of GQ: The internet has made it easier than ever before to discover wine. Traditional print media necessarily saw the...
A.A. Badenhorst Family Wines White 2007
With the second annual Swartland Revolution set to take place on 11.11.11 plus the following day, expect saturation social media coverage of the wines...