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Robertson property De Wetshof, famed for its various versions of Chardonnay, has gone all in with a top-end red, Louis Michel Thibault 2009 (after the...
Last night I revisited the Merlot 2010 from La Bri in Franschhoek for the first time since it won the trophy for best in class...
Yesterday a visit to Shannon Vineyards in Elgin for a better understanding of why this operation produces one of the better Merlots around. First a...
On the basis that it’s important to know what’s the corporates are doing in order to properly guage the quality of the independents, the Durbanville...
If any variety has gained a favourable reputation because of texture rather than flavour, it is Merlot. In the mind of the average punter, it...
Merlot, Merlot, Merlot. What are we going to do with you? The Unfiltered Merlot 2009 from Fleur du Cap (R110 a bottle) shows a distinct...
For dinner, the first Thelema Merlot 1994 from a twelve-bottle case kept in perfect storage conditions since release. Actually, the second bottle as the first...
This was maiden vintage of an ultra-premium Merlot made exclusively for Alan Pick of the Johannesburg restaurant Butcher Shop and Grill. If Pinotage used to...
One suspects that when the Downes brothers set about establishing Shannon Vineyards in Elgin back in 2000, they thought they’d make their name with Pinot...
If Merlot hasn’t already taken over from Pinotage as the most problematic red wine category in South Africa, then it should. Even so, there are...
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