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I usually refrain from jumping on bandwagons and simply throwing my opinion onto an already sizable pile, but today I’m going to make an exception....
So the 2018 edition of Platter’s South African Wine Guide is out – 111 wines out of over 8 000 wines featured rating 5 Stars...
Bruwer Raats made rather a good short speech on Friday evening, as he collected his certificate for Raats Family Wines as the Platter’s Wine Guide...
It’s so often that we’re told how underpriced South African wine is, that it makes an interesting change to see a different viewpoint expressed –...
It looks like the Swartland Heritage Festival will pick up where the Swartland Revolution left off. Set to take place on Friday 3 and Saturday...
A recent Twitter debate around the upward movement of wine scores (elsewhere called “score inflation” - though really it's about currency devaluation) is much more...
As we approach the end of the year, I feel like I’ve run out of topics to tackle. Calendar-induced writer’s block. I glance back at...
Rosé still seems to rate as an international success story. In Britain, apparently, summer sales have been boosted by the popularity of a drink called...
Here are three more examples from the small collection of late 19th century labels bought by Hennie Taljaard from an American dealer – I discussed...
At the second annual Elgin Chardonnay Colloquium held recently, the formal seminar culminated in a blind tasting pitching the best of the district against some...
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