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Werner Muller, winemaker at Elgin’s Iona since May 2011, will depart in May 2026 after completing the harvest. Muller says: "While I have no specifics...
It’s sometimes funny to think that wine producers, regional bodies, and certainly consumers in South Africa so often look to the classical Old-World regions of...
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What might happen if Syrah from two of the Cape’s most exciting sites were brought together? Now in its second vintage, Fogwell 2024 (price: R540...
While the 2023 growing season in the Swartland was dry, it was also cooler than 2022 and the resulting wine from Porseleinberg is that much...
The 41st Cape Winemakers Guild (CWG) Auction, held this past Friday and Saturday, achieved record sales of R17 215 000. A total of 1 912...
When Piekenierskloof growers recently held an internal tasting of 12 current-release Grenache wines from the ward, the Carel van Zyl 2024 from the eponymous cellar...
These days I find that there’s little more interesting in the world of wine than bumping around vineyard roads (in this case in a robust...
Is the composition of South Africa’s vineyard plantings, taken in their entirety, truly fit for purpose? At first glance, the numbers are both revealing and...
The fact sheets for Boekenhoutskloof’s two Cabernets in 2022 (both R600 a bottle) make for interesting reading. In Franschhoek, reference is made to a “prolonged...
Recently, I was at a tasting of some very fancy wines from Napa. Someone round the table asked for the alcohol levels. All were 15%...
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