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The 2024 vintage saw Johann Fourie of Benguela Cove replace Gordon Newton Johnson of Newton Johnson Family Vineyards as contract winemaker for Shannon Vineyards, the...
“Polkadraai Hills might as well be Mars, the rest of Stellenbosch Venus,” Bruwer Raats is fond of repeating, having championed the ward’s granite soils since...
Jasper Wickens established the Swerwer label in 2012 while working as an assistant winemaker alongside Adi Badenhorst. He later moved operations to Waterval in the...
The affable Jurgen Gouws of Intellego is reluctant to have his wines scored, but accepts that it is what the market demands. His maiden vintage...
Previous vintages of Silver Lining Grenache, made under the Ennui label by Zevenwacht winemaker Hagen Viljoen, came from a Piekenierskloof vineyard planted in 2014. The...
The annual Cape Winemakers Guild Protégé Programme Auction – the sister event to the prestigious Cape Winemakers Guild Auction – is currently underway on the Strauss...
Farmer Angus Wines is a collaboration between Spier and Angus McIntosh, a champion of regenerative farming. The Chenin Blanc 2025 comes from a Stellenbosch vineyard...
Explaining the absence of Grenache Blanc and Grenache Gris in 2024, Marelise Niemann of Momento says the vintage produced a low crop in hot, dry...
Is it heretical to suggest that Porseleinberg appears better than it really is? The 2024 has an alcohol of 14.2% and a pH of 4.06....
Luddite’s Niels and Penny Verburg have been making wine in Bot River since 2000, with daughter Alice joining them in 2017. They live by the...
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