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In 2022, heatwaves prevailed during early season in the Swartland and growers were required to harvest white grape varieties earlier to preserve acidity. Grapes for...
Here are our four most highly rated wines of last month: Swerwer Tiernes Chenin Blanc 2021 – 97/100 (read original review here)Vergelegen V 2017 –...
Jasper Wickens of Swartland label Swerwer describes the 2021 vintage as an “outlier” on account of it being cooler than usual which allowed more time...
Swerwer, meaning “wanderer”, is the name of Jasper Wickens’s wines and evokes the life of a young winemaker as he or she travels the world...
Jasper Wickens has been a Swartland Independent producer since 2011 and now operates out of a renovated cellar on his wife Franziska’s family farm called...
Swerwer Red 2018 by Swartland-based Jasper Wickens was top-notch (see here) but the Touriga Nacional from the same vintage and made according to the same...
Here are our 10 most highly rated wines of last month: Sadie Family Wines The Old Vine Series Skurfberg Chenin Blanc 2018 - 98 (read...
Starting with the 2016 vintage, Jasper Wickens of Swartland label Swerwer opted to swap Tinta Barocca for Syrah in his red blend and man, is...
When Jasper Wickens opted to combine Tinta Barocca instead of Syrah with Cinsault and Grenache to make the 2016 vintage of his red blend under...
Whereas previous vintage of Swerwer as made by Jasper Wickens consisted of Cinsaut, Grenache and Syrah, the 2016 sees the Syrah replaced by Tinta Barocca,...
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