Everything to do with South African fine wine. Wine magazine was published from October 1993 until September 2011 and now lives on in digital form as winemag.co.za
Reviews and ratings - only R55 per month.Subscribe
“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...
“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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
“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...
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...
Δ
Subscribers receive daily reviews and in-depth reports before release to the public. Cancel any time.
SUBSCRIBE NOW