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Why does South Africa have so few wineries? And does it matter? To answer the second question briefly: I think it matters a lot: it...
South Africa has been growing winegrapes for over 350 years without yet coming, as it were, to an firm conclusion, for there has been a...
A hi-fi geek friend told me that the first thing anyone eager to improve their sound equipment should do is upgrade all the cabling, especially...
Having last week mentioned the great chardonnay scandal of the 1980s (see here), it occurred to me that some people might like to know a...
There are remarkably few old chardonnay vines in the Cape. On her old-vine website, viticulturist Rosa Kruger lists just one block over 35 years old:...
It began at the inaugural Swartland Revolution, the story of Silwervis wine, which you probably know of. The story continues into Avant Garde Wines and...
Grenache – which if the wine world were fair we’d call garnacha, as it is a Spanish variety, though best known for its voluminous occupation...
The latest Grape poll on South Africa’s Top 20 wine producers (see here) has had me thinking forwards as well as back. A backward glance...
Wine writer Tim James recently conducted a poll to establish a top 20 list of wine producers in South Africa as he has done on...
Janno Briers Louw is a hopeful young man – as farmers go. He talks of the problems of this dry vintage and regrets the loss...
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