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Here are our eight most highly rated wines of last month: Botanica Mary Delany Collection Chenin Blanc 2019 – 97 (read original review here) Kleine...
A visit to Swartland property Banditskloof is to understand very clearly how big and unfixed this district is. The relatively new home of Testalonga wines,...
I’m sure there’s an element of auto-suggestion but tasting Craig and Carla Hawkins’s natural wines always have an emotionally uplifting effect. As much so as...
Here are our five most highly rated wines of last month: Sadie Family Wines The Old Vine Series 'T Voetpad 2017 - 97/100 (read original...
There are some producers – not very many – whose sudden absence would leave an irreparable hole in the fabric of the South African wine...
Making tiny batches under multiple different labels, Craig and Carla Hawkins of Testalonga in the Swartland are unlikely to become household names any time soon...
A tasting - organised by Angela Lloyd with reportedly enthusiastic cooperation from producers - of 29 local white wines with a significant “skin-contact” component was...
Craig Hawkins of Testalonga is this intangible mix of quirk and depth. Talking to him is like tumbling down the rabbit hole. You can’t quite...
Craig and Carla Hawkins, operating out of the Swartland, are arguably South Africa’s leading proponents of “natural wine”. The 2017 vintage has served them well,...
Craig Hawkins, co-owner with wife Carla of Swartland-based Testalonga, says 2016 was particularly dry, the resulting challenge being to manage the big tannins on both...
