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Turn of the year, turn of the decade – January 2020 is a good excuse to look back at what’s happened in the South African...
The “country discount” affecting South African wines was mentioned by Christian Eedes in his review of Château Cheval Blanc 2015 versus - surely not too...
There’s a Burgundian gloss to the aspirations and the packaging of Iona these days – and, particularly with the new single-vineyard wines, it’s perfectly appropriate....
It was the Dutch who were the great establishers of the Cape wine industry, but as far as modern wine settlers go they’re just outnumbered...
The old, classic questions and problems keep on returning – as they must until a new reality renders them redundant (hard to imagine in the...
Sadie Palladius stands alongside such wines as Vergelegen White – and, looking further back, Welgemeend Estate Reserve, for example – as a Cape pioneer. But...
It’s easy to forget just how recently white blends in South Africa gained the eminence – if not exactly popularity – that they now have....
In 2018, Russia was in eighth place in the league table of importers of South African wine – a little behind comparatively tiny Sweden, and...
Andrea and Chris Mullineux have been greatly significant in the reputation of the Swartland for producing first-class syrah. Chris had been making a Swartland Syrah...
And so the Wine of Origin system marches on … with the Wine and Spirit Board’s Demarcation Committee doing some useful work in terms of...
