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If you were drinking Cape wine two centuries ago – whether in Cape Town or London – the chances are slight that it would be...
Judging for this year's Concours Mondial du Sauvignon is taking place in Styria, Austria. Yesterday a visit to LacknerTinnacher outside the village of Gamlitz for...
Many South African wines are notably – sometimes substantially – less expensive at home than they are abroad and some at the top end offer...
Several years ago the Cape Wine Academy launched a Cape Sommelier qualification – which turned out to be little more than an introductory course for...
As most serious wine lovers agree, Cape white wines are generally superior category to Cape reds, and this is particularly relevant at the lower level....
A few years back Reyneke Biodynamic Syrah offered perhaps the most extraordinary price:quality ratio in Red Cape wine. Sadly for us, Reyneke’s prices have increased...
My previous piece (see here) seemed to churn things up in the PR/Marketing/“influencer” Twittersphere. The response was mixed, with plenty agreement, some comments about a...
Christa von Le Chevallerie, whether because of her German extraction or not, generally comes across as unsentimental but she was clearly displeased with the sand-mining...
On Saturday, Christa von la Chevallerie’s Nuwedam Chenin Blanc 2017 became the first wine to be launched bearing the Certified Heritage Vineyards seal of the...
I’m a touch worried about getting excessively lyrical around Reyneke wines. It’s not any lack of objectivity, but it might perhaps seem a bit uncool...
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