Tag: Tim James

I confess I’m feeling a touch weary of thinking about lists of South Africa’s best wineries (and not because of the few trolls who...

A compilation like this must inevitably be controversial. But it helped make the 26 panellists think hard (and even with some light anguish, by...

A poll of 27 selected wine professionals has put Sadie Family Wines way ahead as South Africa’s top winery. The last time a similar...

I was too cursory in wrapping up my whizz through the history of Cape winegrape-planting with just a few sentences about the big changes...

Anna Trapido remarked in her review of Epicure that “In recent years South African diners have become accustomed to parsimonious restaurant wine lists. Two-page...

A question about the identity of a grape variety emerged from Joanne Gibson’s latest article on winemaking in the early Cape and I commented...

Talking of Tim Atkin and his high scores (we were, weren’t we?) ... I had the privilege of attending his tasting of 158 (of...

Spring’s arrival has seemed rather more convincing in the Western Cape the last few days, with sunny skies and warm sunshine. The vineyards have...