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The Chenin Blanc from Jordan in Stellenbosch is named after Louis Albert Péringuey, the 19th Century Inspector-General of Vineyards in the Cape, who led the...
The top end of Cape wine – and the upper-middle range - gets increasingly costly (no judgement here – just saying!). The bottom shelf of...
Many commentators argue that South African top-end wines sell at a discount relative to their international counterparts and a fascinating process is currently under way...
Rebecca Constable, wine product developer for Woolworths, says there are three key attributes to the retailer’s offering: 1) what’s on offer is often award winning;...
Yesterday I presented a tasting for five novice wine enthusiasts. Three pairs of wines chosen to be as stylistically as far apart as possible: Stellenrust...
Stellenbosch property Jordan has renamed its Barrrel Fermented Chenin Blanc after Louis Péringuey, the 19th Century Inspector-General of Vineyards in the Cape. He was the...
Fashion is fickle and with everyone pre-occupied with reds which are medium bodied and can be drunk slightly chilled, Bordeaux-style blends which tend to be...
The showcases put on by the Chenin Blanc Association every six months or so are a good idea in principle. They take the format of...
Quite a few commentators are saying that 2014 wasn’t the greatest for Sauvignon Blanc, something borne out by the fact that only three of the...
Any producer intent on building an ultra-premium wine brand can’t afford to ignore the US. It’s the world’s biggest wine market and relatively price insensitive...
