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Locally born but raised in Scotland, Angus Paul started his own label in 2020, working out of the Karibib Wine Craft cellar in Stellenbosch, his...
Op sy moer translates as “on the lees” and this Neil Ellis blend of 53% Palomino and 47% Chenin Blanc from Piekenierskloof was bottled with...
It’s difficult to think of a portfolio of wines that are so reigned-in and free from any vulgarity than those under the Illimis label as...
While the 2020 vintage of Semillon from Franschhoek cellar has a rather pronounced reductive character about it, the 2021 less so and is altogether better...
Chris Alheit of Alheit Vineyards seems a lot more bullish about his wines from the 2023 vintage than the year before. If 2022 was a...
Crystallum, as made by Peter-Allan Finlayson, is now well established as one of South Africa’s most accomplished labels when it comes to the Burgundian varieties...
Bot River property Gabriëlskloof was established by former coal miner Bernhard Heyns in 2002. Peter-Allan Finlayson of Crystallum married Heyn’s daughter Nicolene in 2012 and...
Johne Seccombe, who’s been making wines under the Thorne & Daughters label since 2013, hopes his wines are becoming ever more “stylish” by which I...
Does Stellenbosch have a strangle-hold on SA’s best Cab? I’ve always thought that Ghost Gum from Franschhoek property Stony Brook is worth consideration, the newly...
Donovan Rall describes the 2023 vintage as “stop-start” and hence one that required careful calculation. Once again, he’s produced a spectacular set of wines. Tasting...
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