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Hope Marguerite Chenin Blanc from Bot River is much revered but right now it’s the newly released standard label can’t be beat for sheer bang...
Abrie Beeslaar relates that 2020 was the first vintage where the effects of the well-documented Western Cape drought were no longer as keenly felt, good...
The 2017 vintage of Blanc de Blancs from Cap Classique specialists Graham Beck is particularly classy. Grapes from Robertson Chardonnay, 50% of the juice was...
Chris “Butch” Alheit says that in general his vineyards were around 10 days later in 2021 than they were in the previous year, yields low...
Mark Stephens, until now winemaker at Stanford Hills, sees his future as a regenerative farming consultant but will continues to make a Blanc Fumé under...
It’s the 1966 vintage of GS Cabernet that’s arguably South Africa’s most prized older wine, having wowed international commentators over the years but the 1968...
Beaumont in Bot River apparently bottled South Africa’s first single-variety Mourvèdre in 1999. The variety has a reputation for making rather wild wines but the...
“Authenticity” with application to wine is difficult to elucidate – it’s often something sensed rather than rationally comprehended but Joostenberg in Paarl seems to achieve...
The Wine Arc is a centre situated on the Agricultural Research Council’s Nietvoorbij campus in Stellenbosch providing a home for black-owned wine brands. Underwritten by...
Just astounding that Villa Esposto Chenin Blanc 2021 as made by Klawer Cellars using grapes from a 1982 Skurfberg vineyards grown by the celebrated Basie...
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