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Yesterday a discussion on Merlot in SA facilitated by the South African Sommelier Association and led by renowned winemaker Zelma Long and wine-growing partner Dr...
The release of the excellent new Capensis Chardonnay, and concomitant talk about the purchase of a Stellenbosch wine farm by the US company Jackson Family...
Vilafonté winemaker Martin Smith has started his own label called Paserene, first release being a Chardonnay 2013 (R300 a bottle). From Elgin fruit, the wine...
Phil Freese, leading US viticulturist and co-owner along with winemaker wife Zelma Long and Warwick’s Mike Ratcliffe of Paarl property Vilafonté, says his aim has...
If you rely on Platter’s and Platter’s alone to inform your wine purchasing decisions and want a verdict on the recently released 2012 vintages of...
A fascinating morning spent in the Paarl vineyards of Vilafonté with Dr Phil Freese, preeminent viticulturist and co-owner of the venture. 120 days from flowering...
[caption id="attachment_7472" align="alignleft" width="262"] Library stock.[/caption] Should mature wine command a price premium? Mike Ratcliffe, managing partner of Vilafonté recently announced the re-release of the...
Man shapes the environment but does the environment shape man? Vilafonté is the joint venture between Mike Ratcliffe of Warwick in Stellenbosch and eminent US...
Vilafonté is a joint venture between Mike Ratcliffe of Warwick in Stellenbosch and American husband and wife Phil Freese and Zelma Long, Phil an accomplished...
No problem drinking Noble Hill The Longest Day Sauvignon Blanc 2011 despite encountering heavy swell as we motored from Table Bay harbour to Clifton on...
