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Saxenburg looked set for a resurgence when Dirk van Zyl started as winemaker in late 2019 but he left for Glenelly earlier this year. Will...
Using whole bunches (not destemming) in the fermentation as a means of achieving extra interest has been fashionable for a while now, especially for Syrah....
Polkadraai Hills seems to have suddenly become the source of some of South Africa’s most exciting wines but Saxenburg proved this appellation could produce the...
In early January, as the syrah berries were making their definitive turn from green to purple, I visited Saxenburg – one of the earliest Cape...
Dirk van Zyl is the new winemaker at Saxenburg in Stellenbosch taking over from Edwin Grace and effective immediately. Van Zyl, who graduated Cum Laude...
Stellenbosch property Saxenburg, acquired by Swiss businessman Adrian Bührer in 1989, enjoyed a golden period during the 1990s and early 2000s but it’s fair to...
The Shiraz Select 2003 from Stellenbosch property Saxenburg was rated 5 Stars in the 2007 edition of Platter’s and it remains a pretty smart bottle...
In 1989, Adrian Bührer of Switzerland bought the farm Saxenburg on the outskirts of Kuils River between Stellenbosch and Cape Town. Nico Van der Merwe...
It’s the new-wave Swartland producers who are getting all the coverage when it comes to Shiraz, but it would be foolish to overlook established producers...
With the 2010 WINE magazine Shiraz Challenge set to take place next week, panel member James Pietersen and I decided to do a calibration exercise....
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