Malu Lambert

Malu Lambert: New map links Swartland geology to wine styles

By Malu Lambert, 1 October 2025

“We didn’t want another pretty poster by a cartographer,” says well-known viticulturist Jaco Engelbrecht in his characteristically direct manner. “This map links geology to viticulture...

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Malu Lambert: Uprooted – why SA vineyards are disappearing

By Christian Eedes, 6 August 2025

“Not known, because not looked for / But heard, half-heard, in the stillness / Between two waves of the sea.” Quoting T.S. Eliot, Jonathan Steyn,...

Malu Lambert: Urbanisation – a growing threat to viticulture

By Malu Lambert, 2 June 2025

A year ago I stood with Christo le Riche outside his Helderberg winery taking in the sight of newly planted cabernet sauvignon, the first for...

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Malu Lambert: Where wine people eat

By Malu Lambert, 3 February 2025

Though it’s been open since 1987, I only recently (very much) enjoyed my first lunch at Decameron in Stellenbosch. Named for a 14th-century collection of...

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Malu Lambert: There’s no stopping the premiumisation of Chenin Blanc

By Malu Lambert, 8 November 2024

A couple of weeks ago the editor posed the question: “Does SA make too much top-end Chenin Blanc?” Counterpoint to this, I’m of the opinion...

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Malu Lambert: Has Breedekloof managed to shift bulk perception?

By Malu Lambert, 4 September 2024

Do wine lovers still have tunnel vision when it comes to the Breedekloof? High on the slopes of Signal Hill on the rooftop terrace of...

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Malu Lambert: Vintelligence and cellars of the future

By Christian Eedes, 3 July 2024

“Precision,” hammers Nico Walters as we bump along the foothills of the Simonsberg. The Quoin Rock/ Knorhoek viticulturist says he was born under this mountain...

Malu Lambert: South Africans prospecting international terroirs

By Malu Lambert, 3 May 2024

A couple of weeks ago while visiting the UK, I found myself in East Sussex. Being early spring, yellow daffodils punctuated mossy woodland at the...

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Malu Lambert: Is South Africa ready for the lightweight bottle revolution?

By Malu Lambert, 1 March 2024

“Unnecessarily heavy bottle”, begins the review. Well, many reviews. Particularly if you’re scrolling through Jancis Robinson.com. The world-renowned Ronbinson is not alone in her condemnation...

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Malu Lambert: SA Riesling – is it going anywhere?

By Malu Lambert, 1 December 2023

What is white, aromatic and has a characteristically high acidity? Likely, you would have answered sauvignon blanc, South Africa’s most popular white wine by a...