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Does Franschhoek make enough of its Semillon? Top of the pile is that from Boekenhoutskloof but the more you explore other examples, the more it...
When to catch the Semillon from Boekenhoutskloof in Franschhoek at its best? It tends to be sullen on release but then transforms into something very...
On Sunday, a blind tasting exploring top-end Sauvignon Blanc. [Please note: This was a informal affair conducted among friends. The scores below are my own.]...
Much ado about old vines in recent times but the Semillon from Boekenhoutskloof has long featured such grapes – the oldest parcel planted “around 1900”...
Shifts in the wine industry might occur slowly but they occur definitively even so, witness the fact that at the beginning of the 19th century,...
Some grapes are destined to work better in blends than on their own. With respect to Argentina, who really wants to drink single-variety Malbec? Petit...
Yesterday a taste-off between Steenberg Semillon 2007 and Steenberg Magna Carta 2007, the former having won Ruth Penfold (no longer with the winery) the title...
The first bottle of Semillon 2008 from Constantia property Steenberg opened last night appeared both corked AND prematurely oxidised. Hashtag fail for cork as a...
Single-variety Semillon is not exactly everyday drinking but the best examples are always extremely satisfying – broader in structure and with less aggressive acidity than...
How much pyrazine character is legit on a wine? There was a good deal of it on last night’s Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon Strandveld Adamastor 2007 (gravel...
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