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The Black Label Pinotage 2013 from Kanonkop in Stellenbosch brooks no dissent. From a 61-year-old vineyard, it spent 20 months in French oak, 100% new....
“Fridge reds” – lighter bodied wines from dark-coloured varieties you can serve from the fridge when the ambient temperature is high are a growing phenomenon...
Over the last 10 years or so, Pinotage has gone from being a lightning rod for controversy to mere vinous curiosity and that’s no bad...
Last night a tasting of the eight vintages of Pinotage from Stellenbosch property L’Avenir to have won at the Absa Top 10 Pinotage competition: 1996,...
Stellenbosch cellar Delheim recently released a maiden Pinotage 2012 (R310 a bottle) to its flagship Vera Cruz range, the wine having already earned the accolade...
Calling your Pinotage “Frankenstein” recalling novelist Mary Shelley’s monster who becomes terrifying to its creator appeals to my sense of humour especially when the actual...
Over the weekend, two wines from Wellington producer Bosman Family Vineyards designated as “Special Vineyard Selection”, meaning that they were made from grapes harvested from...
The 2012 vintage of Kanonkop Black Label Pinotage (always from one particular block planted in 1953) is the most compelling to date and seems to...
The Mentors Pinotage 2011 from KWV (R195 a bottle) won the trophy for best “major red varietal” at the recent Six Nations Wine Challenge as...
Results of the third annual Perold Absa Cape Blend Competition were announced recently and KWV’s ultra-premium Abraham Perold Tributum 2011 (R600 a bottle) was among...
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