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Total production of Jasper Red Blend 2021 from Stellenbosch producer Raats Family Wines is no mean feat but winemaker Bruwer Raats says it’s “not enough.”...
Age-worthiness is the notion that wine should become more pleasurable and more interesting to drink with time in the bottle. How much attention, though, is...
The Van Niekerk Vintners team is growing. Albert van Niekerk, assistant winemaker to Peter-Allan Finlayson of Crystallum and John Seccombe of Thorne & Daughters, last...
It’s all happening at Plaisir on the Paarl side of Simonsberg. Rose and Michael Jordaan took over the property (previously Plaisir de Merle) from Distell...
Swartland property Allesverloren owned by the Malan family since 1872 tends to be a source of competently made but not necessarily inspired wines. The Shiraz...
Volumes of the Eden High-Density Single Vineyard wines from Raats are minute – 1736 bottles of the current-release Chenin Blanc 2021 and 560 bottles of...
The stylistic shifts that are at play within the Shiraz/Syrah category are clearly illustrated by The Prospector from Jordan in Stellenbosch. Until recently, this was...
Grapes for the Boekenhoutskloof Syrah 2020 come from this operation’s two Swartland farms, namely Porseleinberg (88%) and Goldmine (12%). Winemaking involved 60% whole-bunch fermentation while...
When discussing Cape White Blends, what typically gets referenced are esteemed and relatively pricy wines such as Mullineux Old Vines White, Rall White and Sadie...
Mick Craven and Jeanine Craven of Craven Wines make single-variety wines from single vineyards across the greater Stellenbosch area. Mick says the 2022 harvest was...
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