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It never rains but it pours. Having enjoyed a Kanonkop extravaganza on Wednesday, last night the Pinotage 1997 from this great Stellenbosch property courtesy of...
Last night, a meeting of our social tasting group, the theme of the evening older Kanonkop Cabernet Sauvignon scrounged from various sources with two ringers...
Not wishing to be overly dramatic, I nevertheless suspect the recent “IBMP tasting” at De Grendel will go down as a pivotal moment in how...
When Olive Hamilton Russell tweeted an image of herself with actress Lee-Anne Summers at Preston Haskell’s New Year Eve party in Fresnaye last night, I...
Below are my dozen best wines for 2011. To appear on the list, they had to be from South Africa and in general circulation. Where...
On Wednesday night, dinner at Steenberg’s Bistro 1682 as guests of the Cape Winemakers Guild. Before being seated trout beignet with Steenberg Pinot Noir MCC...
Last night a blind tasting of Bordeaux 2001 vs. Stellenbosch 2001 at Wine Cellar, providers of a fine wine brokerage service and cellaring facilities. Wine...
A debate I’ve had among my colleagues tasting for Platter’s 2012 concerns the merits of tasting by category versus those of tasting by producer. Tasting...
Apologies for the lack of postings recently but the deadline for Platter’s 2012 draws ever closer. Plenty of philosophical conundrums along the way. When is...
Tuesday night a meeting of our social tasting group, the theme of the evening wines from the 2001 vintage. We tasted blind and here’s how...
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