Malu Lambert

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...

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Malu Lambert: Does Cape Rosé lack identity?

By Malu Lambert, 9 October 2023

Is there a more muddled category than South African rosé? I asked myself this question recently while blind tasting through 20 of them. Let’s start...

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Malu Lambert: Is Pinotage finally set to shrug off its image problem?

By Malu Lambert, 1 August 2023

The range of Pinotage styles is expanding. All of a sudden, lighter-bodied, New Wave examples stand in contrast to the more Old School wines of...

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Malu Lambert: South Africa’s black-owned wine labels on the rise

By Malu Lambert, 1 June 2023

Banele Vakele uncorks a bottle of Tembela Verdelho 2022, his own-label, at a corner table at Furny’s in Noordhoek. Vakele has been acclaimed winemaker Duncan...

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Malu Lambert: What to make of the spate of foreign investment in the winelands?

By Malu Lambert, 5 April 2023

South African vineyard property is in hot international demand. The news of Villiera being sold to French company, Grands Chais de France, seems to have...