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Local Shiraz might be getting all the plaudits at the moment but I think it would be premature to write-off Bordeaux-style red blends just yet...
Yesterday a shoot-out between Argentina, South Africa and France and the wines all played true to type. Flechas de Los Andes is a partnership between...
Who’s shaping the debate when it comes to wine quality in South Africa? Wine magazine ceased publishing in September 2011 and Platter’s is surely at...
Earlier this year, Kanonkop became the first winery in the world to win best blended red wine for the fourth time at the prestigious International...
When Olive Hamilton Russell tweeted an image of herself with actress Lee-Anne Summers at Preston Haskell’s New Year Eve party in Fresnaye last night, I...
A debate I’ve had among my colleagues tasting for Platter’s 2012 concerns the merits of tasting by category versus those of tasting by producer. Tasting...
Apologies for the lack of postings recently but the deadline for Platter’s 2012 draws ever closer. Plenty of philosophical conundrums along the way. When is...
After being mightily impressed how well the 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 vintages of Paul Sauer stood up next to the equivalent from Bordeaux...
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