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In my last column, I expressed frustration that Constantia producers – so proud of their heritage – still neglect to tell the story of Johannes...
Johannes Colijn is the man who put Constantia wine on the international map in the 1720s. I’ve written about him previously (see here) but to...
Established in 1692, historic Lanzerac in Stellenbosch’s fascinating Jonkershoek valley has been on my mind lately, for good reasons (they’re running a fabulous Discover Lanzerac...
Following the passing of wine industry legend Duimpie Bayly last month, Tim James wrote: ‘There is stuff gone with Duimpie that, when anyone bothers to...
Corks are popping this year as South Africa celebrates half a century of bottle-fermented sparkling wine, with Cap Classique producers universally embracing the story that...
The single bottle of Grand Constance 1821 that I wrote about last month fetched an astonishing R420,000 at the Cape Fine & Rare Wine Auction....
The Cape Fine & Rare Wine Auction (CFRWA) takes place this coming Saturday and there’s a bottle of Grand Constance 1821 up for grabs. ‘A...
It’s been quite a while since I was a proper wine tourist, anonymously exploring a route for the sheer joy of it. Mostly this is...
I recently had the opportunity to catch up over Zoom with Willie and Emma Dreyer, seventh-generation owners of Leeuwenkuil, a farm described as ‘the gateway...
It was almost two years ago, in March 2019, that I attempted to identify the South African wines regarded as the best wines after Constantia...
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