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Marthélize Tredoux: Time to have a conversation about women in wine

By Marthelize Tredoux , 24 January 2018

I’m not sure I am the right person to be writing about this subject matter. It is at best a sensitive topic - now more...

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Michael Fridjhon: Where to for VinPro?

By Michael Fridjhon , 24 January 2018

I suspect it's a thankless task trying to run VinPro, the wine producers' representative body. For a start, you are dealing with literally thousands of...

Tim James: Boekenhoutskloof’s 2015 reds

By Christian Eedes , 22 January 2018

Late last year I called in at Boekenhoutskloof. On an earlier visit, the new barrel cellar had been  a huge muddy hole in the ground...

Tim James: KWV celebrates 100 years – some reflections on its legacy

By Christian Eedes , 19 January 2018

Let’s be grateful that the KWV doesn’t celebrate its birthday as assiduously as does the African National Congress. We can also breathe a happy sigh...

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Malu Lambert: Interview with Craig Wessels of Restless River

By Malu Lambert , 17 January 2018

Any day that begins in a drop-top 110 Land Rover is bound to be interesting. Even more so when it’s Craig Wessels of Restless River...

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Tim James: Is a market correction on the way for top-end SA wine?

By Christian Eedes , 15 January 2018

Last year – 2017 – seemed to me marked by a sudden leap in the prices of upper-end local wines. Or had they been creeping...

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Regional profile: Swartland

By Christian Eedes , 15 January 2018

From the January issue of Decanter: A vivid illustration of how dire the drought currently affecting the Swartland is the superfluous “No Swimming” sign in...

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Tim James: Can the market bear the ever-increasing number of top-end Chenins?

By Tim James , 18 December 2017

Visiting and tasting with Lukas van Loggerenberg (Van Loggerenberg Wines) and Reenen Borman (Boschkloof and Patatsfontein/Ron Burgundy) is becoming established as a great annual pleasure....

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Tim James: The year in review

By Tim James , 11 December 2017

The year seems to approach its weary end unusually quickly in Cape Town. Maybe it’s the bloody tourists. They’re already blocking the view of mountain...

Marthélize Tredoux: Why we drink what we drink

By Marthelize Tredoux , 7 December 2017

It has been quite a long and trying year, so instead of picking a fight or moaning about who did or didn’t do something right...
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