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When did the phenomenon that is white blends from Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon begin in South Africa begin? I think most observers will credit Vergelegen’s André van...
Plenty to attract the punter to Somerset West property Vergelegen: two restaurants, namely the de luxe Camphors and the more casual Stables (complete with well-appointed...
On Sunday, a meeting of our social tasting group, the theme of the evening Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon blends. We tasted blind and here’s how I scored...
Vergelegen in Somerset West receives some 75 000 visitors annually and looks to be gearing up for even more with the official opening of the...
The 2002 vintage in the greater Stellenbosch area was a viticulturist’s nightmare – rain, mildew and the occasional heatwave. Presuming you didn’t take the pragmatic...
There’s always been a lot riding on Vergelegen “V”, this being a very deliberate attempt by the Somerset West property’s brains trust to come up...
A tasting of nine examples of Sauvignon Blanc from the 2010 vintage, none of which were included in the last Wine magazine Top 10 competition....
Yesterday a tasting convened by Angela Lloyd for an article on the age-worthiness of modern-era South African wines to appear in an upcoming issue of...
“There’s no need to liven up a Tchaikovsky piano concerto. It’s lively enough already,” observed my wife as we listened to a particularly energetic arrangement...
André van Rensburg, winemaker at Somerset West property Vergelegen, usually a wine industry firebrand, has been keeping a remarkably low profile in recent times. What’s...
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