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The Steen under the Donkiesbaai label from a Piekenierskloof vineyard planted in 1979 is quickly becoming one of my very favourite. The recently released 2015...
Janno Briers Louw is a hopeful young man – as farmers go. He talks of the problems of this dry vintage and regrets the loss...
There was a time when Méthode Cap Classique was the preserve of a few specialists but now just about every self-respecting cellar feels compelled to...
Doran Vineyards, the Voor Paardeberg owned by Irishman Edwin Doran with André Badenhorst, father of Adi, consulting is tracking in the right direction - a...
How ubiquitous are clay amphorae as fermentation and maturation vessels set to become? On a cellar tour at Bodegas Castelo de Medina during my recent...
Merlot’s popularity among consumers is well documented. And yet it is so often regarded as sub-standard by critics. Merlot has been seen as the whipping...
After a long stint at Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley winery Spookfontein, Craig Sheard is now solely committed to his own label called Elemental Bob. His wines...
Three wines from Leon Coetzee-Margaux Nel initiative The Fledge & Co. going by the collective name of Jikken bareru (Japanese for “Experimental barrel”) and billed...
Swartland property Lammershoek was sold to a trio of German investors in 2014 leading to the replacement of the maverick Craig Hawkins as winemaker by...
Every now and then, when I get particularly disgusted at my scientific illiteracy, I grapple with a work of what is kindly called “popular science”....
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