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After 45 years of corporate ownership by producer-wholesaler Distell, the Simonsberg-Paarl property Plaisir de Merle has been sold to the Jordaan family of Bartinney Wine...
After hearing at the end of March that Distell had put both Alto and Plaisir de Merle on the market, I couldn’t help thinking how...
Subsequent to today’s column by Tim James on moves by major producer-wholesaler Distell to put Alto and Plaisir de Merle on the market, more details...
Is Plaisir de Merle the most under-leverage brand under Distell’s thrall? The Grand Brut 2016, near equal parts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir apparently and disgorged...
Distell might be undergoing a process of rationalisation (Le Bonheur sold last year and apparently Stellenzicht and Uitkyk also on the market) but the producer-wholesaler...
Prompted by the good showing of the 2012 vintage in the recent Prescient Cabernet Sauvignon Report, yesterday winemaker Niel Bester at this Simonsberg-Paarl property presented...
The USA is the world’s largest wine consuming nation so understanding the complexities of this market is important for a local producer-wholesaler like Distell. Yesterday,...
When Plaisir de Merle Cabernet Sauvignon first appeared on the scene in the mid-1990s, it caused quite a stir. Paul Pontallier of Brodeaux First Growth...
After rating Alto Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 86/100, a somewhat mediocre score for a bottle of wine costing R149, I wondered if I wasn’t guilty of...
The Plaisir de Merle Sauvignon Blanc 2013 featuring nearly half Darling grapes and the rest from its own vineyards on the Paarl side of the...
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