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On Wednesday, the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show judges’ farewell dinner at the Grande Roche hotel. The menu as follows: Duo of Franschhoek salmon trout...
The beginning of judging for Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show 2012 and the customary Sunday afternoon old wines tasting followed by as informal a supper...
Fascinating to read in the Sunday Times that according to research group Nielsen total advertising spend in South Africa jumped 11% to R32.1 billion in...
So Constantia Bordeaux-style red blends can hold their own against some pretty stiff competition from the rest of the world (see yesterday’s post). But what...
Judges for the 2012 Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show, now in its eleventh year, are as follows: Chairman: Michael Fridjhon International judges: Tom Cannavan, UK-based...
At last year’s Nederburg Auction, a case of six half-bottles of Zonnebloem Cabernet Sauvignon 1961 fetched R5 500, the equivalent of R1 833 per 750ml...
Why has Lars Maack, owner of Constantia property Buitenverwachting, removed his Riesling vineyards just when interest in what can be done with the variety locally...
Why is Meerendal such a perennial under-performer? This property’s location in cool-climate Durbanville alone should mean more accolades while it managed to attract the services...
Tim James has been up to his usual wine competition bashing efforts over on Grape.co.za (see here, here and here), his issue not only that...
A continuous point of debate while judging the Unwooded Sauvignon Blanc Class during this year’s Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show was how much methoxypyrazine character...
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