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The Nederburg Auction, which has run since 1975, bills itself as “(a) unique event showcasing South Africa's finest wines”. After it appeared that the auction...
There are various ways of coping with a demand that exceeds supply. The basic method dictated by our splendid economic regime is, of course, price:...
Recently, I was part of a discussion where a viticulturist was explaining how to handle leaf roll virus infection in the vineyard - monitoring plants,...
When Chris and Suzaan Alheit shared their Hemel-en-Aarde cellar with Peter-Allan Finlayson of Crystallum, and more briefly with John Seccombe of Thorne & Daughters, they...
“And no man having drunk old wine desireth new; for he saith, 'The old is good.'” The Gospels were clear on the value and importance...
The market is not monolithic and for every consumer who wants light-bodied, low-alcohol, 100% whole-bunch fermentation Grenache which can be served from the fridge, there...
I’m so used to people thinking that tasting wines for Platter’s’s can only be a drunken, hedonistic delight that I was greatly pleased the other...
There’s a real danger to regularly writing opinion pieces about the ins and outs of wine and the industry. The risk is that pointing out...
In my first – and, as it proved, incomplete – survey of the many lawyers involved in Cape wine production, two names I intentionally omitted...
Taking up the theme of lawyers in wine that I introduced last week (see here): I’ve been served lawsuits three times (none got to court)...
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