Opinion & Analysis

Editorial: Beyond the allocation list – rethinking scarcity marketing

By Christian Eedes , 12 August 2025

Lately, I’ve been taking great pleasure in the Glass Collection Syrah 2022 from Glenelly in Stellenbosch – Top 10 in this year’s Shiraz Report sponsored...

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Tim James: Observing the current wine-auction scene

By Tim James , 11 August 2025

I’ve been musing about what’s going on with local wine-auctions. Firstly because Eben Sadie has been complaining publicly (not only with regard to auctions, but...

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Letter to the editor: In search of terroir – a South African in Chenin country

By Christian Eedes , 7 August 2025

The following received via email from Simon Shear, a writer and content strategist specialising in financial services, currently based in London My low-cost flight dipped...

Malu Lambert: Uprooted – why SA vineyards are disappearing

By Christian Eedes , 6 August 2025

“Not known, because not looked for / But heard, half-heard, in the stillness / Between two waves of the sea.” Quoting T.S. Eliot, Jonathan Steyn,...

Jamie Goode: Has wine lost its cool – for good?

By Jamie Goode , 5 August 2025

Wine is in the middle of an existential crisis. The ‘thought leaders’ are out and about, busying themselves with AI-assisted look-alike-posts on Linked-In pointing out...

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Tim James: Vagabond No More – 10 Years of Saurwein’s Nom Pinot Noir

By Tim James , 4 August 2025

Achieving the first ten vintages of a wine is always a great thing, and especially so when the wine has been appreciated, locally and internationally,...

Greg Sherwood MW: Can wine still help us feel more human?

By Greg Sherwood , 30 July 2025

“Wine has always meant more than what’s in the glass. Across cultures and centuries, it’s helped us mark transitions, carry memories, create rhythm, and connect....

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Tim James: The Sadie new releases

By Tim James , 28 July 2025

It felt rather like returning to a more effortful time of wine-tasting. Up while it was still almost dark, taking the dogs for a quick...

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Letter to the editor: Blind tasting reality check

By Christian Eedes , 25 July 2025

The following received via email from Yair Safriel, a physician having trained in neuroradiology. Now based between New York and Florida, he visits South Africa...

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Dr Justus Apffelstaedt: Moderation misunderstood – the case for smarter wine health messaging

By Justus Apffelstaedt , 24 July 2025

Science without connection to real life is a meaningless ivory tower activity. Ideally, science improves real people’s lives. For example, the mortality of breast cancer...