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Cape wine – or to be more accurate – the rarefied end of the country's fine wine spectrum has been getting a great press lately....
The din of the cellar mutes winemaker Trizanne Barnard’s voice as she draws the thief from the barrel. She fills my glass with its golden...
The latest Grape poll on South Africa’s Top 20 wine producers (see here) has had me thinking forwards as well as back. A backward glance...
Last year saw the “Great Syrah Challenge” take place at Lismore Estate Vineyards in Greyton, an exercise which saw some of South Africa’s top examples...
Wine writer Tim James recently conducted a poll to establish a top 20 list of wine producers in South Africa as he has done on...
Janno Briers Louw is a hopeful young man – as farmers go. He talks of the problems of this dry vintage and regrets the loss...
How ubiquitous are clay amphorae as fermentation and maturation vessels set to become? On a cellar tour at Bodegas Castelo de Medina during my recent...
The seventh annual Concours Mondial du Sauvignon took place in DO Rueda, Spain on 4 and 5 March –over 900 entries from 26 different countries...
Merlot’s popularity among consumers is well documented. And yet it is so often regarded as sub-standard by critics. Merlot has been seen as the whipping...
Every now and then, when I get particularly disgusted at my scientific illiteracy, I grapple with a work of what is kindly called “popular science”....
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