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The contribution of Germans to Cape winemaking is extraordinarily large – really, it needs to be properly researched and written up sometime. It started right...
To many winelovers abroad and at home, the Paardeberg is the most famous Cape winelands mountain – even more so, perhaps, than Stellenbosch’s Helderberg or...
“We’re making wines to age,” says Warren Ellis. Warren, the eldest son of Neil Ellis, teamed up with his dad several years ago to make...
So established is the Alheit name in the elite of modern South African wine that it’s jolting to realise that the inaugural vintage of Chris...
Listen to interviews with the local judges on their impressions of the various classes after officiating at this year's Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show. Narina...
Buying wine is an expensive interest; storing it well is not cheap either. I don’t know how many bottles I have – usually somewhere between...
In Michael Broadbent’s "Pocket Guide to Winetasting – How to Approach and Appreciate Wine” (Mitchell Beazley: 1995), the author writes “Without hesitation, I put cabernet...
“Everything we do here is a creative act, the opposite of monolithic!” Thus Marc Kent, the man whose vision – even more than his winemaking...
Having spoken about the white wines at the latest of Michael Fridjhon’s annual old wines tasting, I should say something about the reds, as I...
The fine wine trade can be odd to work in. A microcosm, made up of overlapping disciplines, global markets and a plethora of products, consumers...
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