Malu Lambert

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...

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Malu Lambert: Is wine writing the one thing that defies Artificial Intelligence?

By Malu Lambert, 1 February 2023

The first time tasting de-alcoholised wine wasn’t a pleasant experience. Yes there was some fruit there, tropical, with a searing acidity. It was a sauvignon...

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Malu Lambert: Preservation versus progress in the Helderberg

By Malu Lambert, 9 November 2022

In 1957, Egypt re-opened the Suez Canal, the H2N2 pandemic was at its height, and more innocuously the first Frisbees were released for sale. It...