Tim James

Tim James: Listing fee or “reciprocal gesture”?

By Tim James, 12 February 2018

You’d surely have thought this good enough business, even for the most sharkishly-minded: a bistro owner buys a modest, but well reputed wine from the...

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Tim James: Tasting SA’s priciest Chardonnay

By Christian Eedes, 9 February 2018

It was only when checking my notes about the maiden release of Capensis Chardonnay (2014 vintage) that I realised its launch party was almost exactly...

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Tim James: Update on the drought

By Christian Eedes, 5 February 2018

In this drought year of 2018, with the wine-grape harvest now well under way in warmer regions and for earlier-ripening varieties, there are some happy...

Tim James: Wine’s two dominant styles and where to place Stellenbosch

By Tim James, 2 February 2018

As we experience in South African wine no less than elsewhere (and perhaps a bit more) there’s a “duopoly” in wine these days: two dominant...

Tim James: Alcohol on labels and other regulations

By Christian Eedes, 29 January 2018

There are, sadly and obviously, a vast number of things which I know I don’t know. But in a few paltry areas I feel pretty...

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Tim James: On “light reds”

By Tim James, 26 January 2018

There’s much to be said in favour of light wines. In fact, for a whole school of hipsters, both winemakers and wine drinkers, it seems...

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Tim James: Boekenhoutskloof’s 2015 reds

By Christian Eedes, 22 January 2018

Late last year I called in at Boekenhoutskloof. On an earlier visit, the new barrel cellar had been a huge muddy hole in the ground...

Tim James: KWV celebrates 100 years – some reflections on its legacy

By Christian Eedes, 19 January 2018

Let’s be grateful that the KWV doesn’t celebrate its birthday as assiduously as does the African National Congress. We can also breathe a happy sigh...

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Tim James: Is a market correction on the way for top-end SA wine?

By Christian Eedes, 15 January 2018

Last year – 2017 – seemed to me marked by a sudden leap in the prices of upper-end local wines. Or had they been creeping...

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Tim James: Can the market bear the ever-increasing number of top-end Chenins?

By Tim James, 18 December 2017

Visiting and tasting with Lukas van Loggerenberg (Van Loggerenberg Wines) and Reenen Borman (Boschkloof and Patatsfontein/Ron Burgundy) is becoming established as a great annual pleasure....