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I’m wondering why I find it easier to write about wines that I don’t much like than about those I love. The question is no...
The large majority of South African wine is labelled varietally – that is, the identifying name of a wine is, or at least includes, the...
It’s interesting to note that the Badenhorst Secateurs Chenin Blanc 2017, a wine reported to be made in volumes of up to 170 000 litres...
When the Cape’s first winegrower, Jan van Riebeeck, departed for VOC headquarters in Batavia in April 1662, his successor as commander was Zacharias Wagenaar of...
There would be little point, I think, in my setting forth a series of notes and comments on the latest range of Alheit wines, as...
Three winemakers make wine for their own labels at the Gabriëlskloof cellar in the Overberg: Peter-Allan Finlayson makes the home-farm’s wines as well as his...
The latest edition of World of Fine Wine, just recently released, carries the results of a rare tasting of top-flight chenin blanc from around the...
John Seccombe is a winemaker who tends to pick grapes fairly early for his Thorne & Daughters range. His wines inevitably give an impression of...
Rianie Strydom has this way of focusing her attention on you that makes you feel that what you’re saying is important. A conversation with her...
It would take someone as ballsy or as deranged as the WineMag editor to pose the question that lurks everywhere that wine quality is rated...
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