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The light soils from decomposed granite that characterise Sinai Hill in the Lower Helderberg part of Stellenbosch lend the wines of Bernhard Bredell a particular...
Bernhard Bredell of Scions of Sinai thinks deeply about both viticulture and winemaking but he’s not above having a bit of fun as is evidenced...
Bernhard Bredell of Scions of Sinai says 2022 was generally characterised by cool and dry conditions but the inevitable heatwaves arrived in early February –...
Bernhard Bredell of Scions of Sinai says of the 2022 vintage that earlier varieties were harvested at lower acidities due to warmer weather. “You needed...
Bernhard Bredell of Scions of Sinai is quietly excited about his wines from the 2021 vintage on account of the ripening phase from December to...
Bernhard Bredell of Scions of Sinai describes the 2021 vintage as cooler than 2020 leading to slower sugar accumulation and the resulting wines do seem...
Here are our seven most highly rated wines of last month: Super Single Vineyards Voorloper Syrah 2018 – 98/100 (read the original review here) Boplaas...
“Is the excitement of Cape wine dissipating?” was the provocative title of a recent piece by colleague Tim James, and the answer has to be...
Bernhard Bredell makes an accomplished set of single vineyard wines but also some slightly less expensive wines each bearing sketched depictions of a “cowboy” scene...
CheNinà 2019 is a collaboration between Bernhard Bredell of Scions of Sinai and Raphael Paterniti and Marta Gobbo of Openwine, the Cape Town wine bar/retailer...
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