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I don’t mind sharing with you that last week was arguably the crappiest of the entire year so far. I’d compare the last couple of...
From the October issue of Business Day WANTED: Winemaker Rikus Neethling, who founded his own label Bizoe in 2008, moved to Croydon Vineyard Estate between...
I haven’t been able to quite make up my mind about Adi Badenhorst’s 2014 wine called Brak-Kuil Barbarossa – but I’ve had a marvellous time...
The recent precipitate plummet of the Rand is arguably just another steeper-than-usual plunge in a trajectory which began in the early 1980s, and gained real...
It’s a long drive from Cape Town to get to Basie van Lill’s Skurfberg farm, Arbeidseind – but not a tedious one when Eben Sadie...
There is an issue that’s been causing me high blood pressure and a battered liver from all the therapeutic wine I’ve been caused to drink....
Christian’s report on the SA Sommelier Association’s tasting of old Cape whites got me pondering, and being pushed into questioning prejudices is always a good...
“Why are top-end red wines so much more expensive than white wines when they essentially cost the same to produce?” was the question posed by...
The longest row of vines at Shannon Vineyards is just over 100 metres. I’m a bit embarrassed to say that the detail I remember best...
One of the most important reasons I love wine is that, like popular music, it defies consolidation as an industry. If buying toothpaste comes down...
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