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So established is the Alheit name in the elite of modern South African wine that it’s jolting to realise that the inaugural vintage of Chris...
Buying wine is an expensive interest; storing it well is not cheap either. I don’t know how many bottles I have – usually somewhere between...
“Everything we do here is a creative act, the opposite of monolithic!” Thus Marc Kent, the man whose vision – even more than his winemaking...
Having spoken about the white wines at the latest of Michael Fridjhon’s annual old wines tasting, I should say something about the reds, as I...
At the “old SA wines” tasting that Michael Fridjhon conducts each year at the Grande Roche in Paarl, on the eve of his Trophy Wine...
Vintage champagne marks the peak of achievement for most champagne houses, typically made only from about four vintages each decade. The basic house brut, while...
Last Thursday evening, winemaker Chris Alheit phoned André Morgenthal of the Old Vine Project and announced: “I want to join!” By midnight, he’d paid his...
For a while it was indubitably Stellenbosch, but Franschhoek is fighting to reclaim top ranking for grand eating in the Cape winelands. Not that Stellenbosch...
Given the glamour, it’s easy to overlook just how much sheer hard work lies behind the most successful of the new wave of ardent young...
One consequence of the Western Cape drought is certain – the size of the Cape vineyard is going to continue shrinking, as it has been...
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