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In a recent article, Christian Eedes remarked (somewhat cheekily) that “the much-loved Platter’s guide now appears to be nearing the end of a glorious 46-year...
When I suggested last week that perhaps some wine commentators – and others in the wine trade – tended to ignore older-established producers in favour...
Two recent tastings reminded me of divergences at the broadly-upper end of Cape wine going beyond the wines themselves into wider cultural effects. As I...
Wine and food matching has never much interested me beyond the broadest principles. I have vaguely decided, for one example, that for me cheeses tend...
If I were an impoverished drunk with a sweet tooth (at least a few sweet teeth remaining, I trust), instead of a bourgeois heavy drinker...
I admit to something of a disconnect as I sit here writing about a handful of white wines I’ve drunk recently while the window that...
A few weeks back, I warmly welcomed Paul Nugent’s 2024 book, Race, Taste and the Grape: South African Wine from a Global Perspective, as a...
The significance of blending in making wine is probably not sufficiently realised. We tend to think of “blends” as bringing together different varieties or, occasionally,...
Apparently Henry Ford didn’t quite say that “history is bunk” – he blinked, and included “more or less”. He added that he was talking about...
How well do the once-new-wave Swartland wines mature in bottle – both whites (mostly chenin or chenin-based) and reds (mostly syrah or syrah-based)? We’re starting...
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