Everything to do with South African fine wine. Wine magazine was published from October 1993 until September 2011 and now lives on in digital form as winemag.co.za
That invaluable annual document from SAWIS called South African Wine Industry Statistics has had a practice of reporting on local retail wine sales according to...
A New Zealander with an undoubted right to an opinion - Neil McCallum, founder of the famous Dry River estate - recently told a seemingly...
Why should wine lovers want to pay more for their tipple? It’s hard to explain, but there seems to be more agreement than I’d have...
I don’t know if Bertie Coetzee plays Afrikaans rock to his vines like they do Vivaldi and Bach at DeMorgenzon, but he might well, and...
It is astounding the possible difference made to wine by the nature of the vessel in which it ferments and undergoes its maturation before bottling....
Some weeks ago I wrote about the first straightforwardly commercial wine auction in South Africa – in recent times at least – organised by a...
When someone asked editor Christian Eedes if he liked old wine, in response to some recent notes and scores, it prompted two thoughts in me....
One of the most undersung achievements in South African wine this century could well be Radford Dale: it’s not easy to think of many producers...
An interesting question was asked by a knowledgeable commentator in response to some recent notes and scores about older wines by Christian Eedes: “Is it...
If one can have feelings for a grape variety, gamay noir is one of the more serious candidates for your sympathy. Burgundy snobs will know...
