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There is no better way to explore Rhône varieties in South Africa than through The Foundry’s wines, which set a benchmark for a distinctly Cape...
Over the years, I have read a lot of periodical analyses and critiques about how the South African wine industry is not doing enough when...
We wine writers don’t get out enough (as I’ve said before and will no doubt say again). Most of us rely too much on what...
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Whereas the Cape Bordeaux Red Blend tradition is well established – Welgemeend released its first vintage in 1979, followed by Meerlust Rubicon in 1980 and...
Fine wine has for some time been treated as a luxury good. Prestigious names, limited quantities, elaborate packaging, higher prices, allocation lists and carefully constructed...
The wonderful Kogelberg Biosphere, home to 1 880 species of fynbos (and with a number of grape varieties as guests), asks on its website: “The...
It’s a common problem for journalists, critics and commentators based in Europe when visiting the Cape winelands – Stellenbosch and the near surrounding winelands, seem...
Christian Eedes’s recent piece on judging, scoring and the role of the critic was a masterly summary of the issues being debated in the admittedly...
What is probably the world’s newest grape variety (for a while at least) has its past firmly rooted in three centuries or more of Cape...
In the space of a few days this past July, some of South Africa’s most celebrated producers – Sadie Family Wines, Van Loggerenberg and David...
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