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Turn of the year, turn of the decade – January 2020 is a good excuse to look back at what’s happened in the South African...
Back in the mid-2000s, I used to write a weekly email newsletter called Gulp!, in which I would regale readers with my misfortunes in courting...
Michael Fridjhon of WineWizard.co.za provides a provocative analysis of the latest Platter’s, particularly concerning the significance of the guide’s ultimate accolade, the 5-Star rating. He...
The “country discount” affecting South African wines was mentioned by Christian Eedes in his review of Château Cheval Blanc 2015 versus - surely not too...
The following received via email from Simon Shear, who is a writer, editor and "recovering entrepreneur" based in Johannesburg: As the authors of an interesting...
Perhaps the most extraordinary aspect of the modern era of South African fine wine is that the trajectory of the improvement curve remains so steeply...
There’s a Burgundian gloss to the aspirations and the packaging of Iona these days – and, particularly with the new single-vineyard wines, it’s perfectly appropriate....
This year’s top 25 is intended to have something of the unpredictable about it. The reputations of the likes of Alheit, Mullineux and Sadie are...
It was the Dutch who were the great establishers of the Cape wine industry, but as far as modern wine settlers go they’re just outnumbered...
One thing we could always count on while working in the European fine wine trade was a safe, secure, sedate working environment where little changed...
