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Why does South Africa have so few wineries? And does it matter? To answer the second question briefly: I think it matters a lot: it...
As I sit down to write this post, my head is still spinning after two whirlwind weeks filled with meetings, discussions and information-laden presentations around...
Has SA fine wine arrived? For all the positive reviews we’ve had from the likes of Tim Atkin MW and Neal Martin of eRobertParker.com, it...
South Africa has been growing winegrapes for over 350 years without yet coming, as it were, to an firm conclusion, for there has been a...
A hi-fi geek friend told me that the first thing anyone eager to improve their sound equipment should do is upgrade all the cabling, especially...
When it comes to wine assessment, calibrations are a pretty big deal. How to rate a big-name wine which underwhelms or conversely a supposedly humble...
I recently returned from a trip to Spain where I spent a couple of days at the Salon de Gourmets, one of the oldest and...
Having last week mentioned the great chardonnay scandal of the 1980s (see here), it occurred to me that some people might like to know a...
With the year racing by, I thought it would be valuable to take stock and I found myself browsing the topics that have been opined,...
Peter Finlayson is carrying a basket of wine as he enters Bistrot Bizerca in Cape Town. He’s exactly my kind of lunch companion—well stocked. Finlayson...
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