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If the 2014 vintage of Faure Vineyard Syrah from Mick and Janine Craven was “skinny like a model”, the 2015 has a bit more flesh...
Koen Roose, winemaker at Spioenkop in Elgin, makes two versions of what might be called new-wave Pinotage, one under the “1900” label which sees a...
Does the poise that Jocelyn Hogan Wilson gets on her Chenin Blanc come from the fact that the Swartland vineyard she sources fruit from is...
The Vuurberg White as made by Donovan Rall has tended to live in the shadow of his own-label white blend but the recently released 2015...
While the first incarnation of Smiley White Non-vintage was, um, a little obscure, the second is much better realised (price: R135 a bottle). It’s from...
According to Porseleinberg viticulturalist and winemaker Callie Louw, the 2014 vintage was cooler and wetter (635mm of rain compared to an average of 450mm) than...
In an effort to beat the heat, Swartland winemakers tend to pick early and the wines can appear just a tiny bit underdone, which is...
Here are our six most highly rated current-release wines of the last month: Patatsfontein Chenin Blanc 2015 – 94 (read original review here) Delaire Graff...
How does David Trafford of Stellenbosch cellar DeTrafford do it? At a tasting billed as “Best of SA vs Bordeaux” put on by retailer Wine...
Cape wine – or to be more accurate – the rarefied end of the country's fine wine spectrum has been getting a great press lately....
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