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I confess (probably that word indicates a degree of guilty feeling) that I am fond of strong drink. Stronger than most wine, that is. If...
I’ve been putting some effort into Mullineux wines recently – if effort is really the word for an exercise that’s given pleasure and satisfaction. It...
A vertical tasting of Paul Cluver Chardonnay recently (see Christian’s tasting notes), reminded me of the thoroughly odd history of the variety in South Africa....
Three decades of fairly serious engagement with wine and its culture has helped me to learn something about such things as geography and history and...
The story of how syrah came to be called shiraz in Australia (and then South Africa) is a remarkably odd one, replete with confusions –...
South Africa lost one of its only two certified biodynamic producers (the other being Reyneke) when Radford Dale bought Elgin Ridge late last year. A...
Looking recently for something to drink in the semi-chaos of a wine fridge (I seem incapabable of updating records, and this cooler needs a thorough...
Government-ordained restrictions on liquor sales under Covid regulations brought out predictable (and not unreasonable) mutterings and shouts about anti-liquor tendencies in the governing ANC. But...
Is it curious that it’s nearly always wines at the cheaper end that are promoted as “good value”? Think: If you saw an article on...
Sometimes it’s only too easy to forget how rapidly things have changed, and that is certainly true for many aspects of South African wine. A...
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