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Recently, I was at a tasting of some very fancy wines from Napa. Someone round the table asked for the alcohol levels. All were 15%...
“We didn’t want another pretty poster by a cartographer,” says well-known viticulturist Jaco Engelbrecht in his characteristically direct manner. “This map links geology to viticulture...
It would not be surprising if any moderately youthful wine lover in South Afrca had never heard of Veenwouden or 4G Wines, and I’d bet...
After Robert Parker Jr’s retirement from The Wine Advocate wine journal, many periphery wine commentators were quick to predict the quickening demise of influential, critical,...
Let’s start with the big picture: global wine consumption is tanking. According to alcoholic beverage research company IWSR, it’s at its lowest level since 1961....
The pricing of serious, characterful Cape wines has shown a pretty relentless upward movement in recent years – though the current international market decline means...
Bone and wine are not often mentioned in one sentence, save for some recipes for delicious slow cooking. But as I sit on the Mediterranean...
Any grape grower will tell you that not all cultivars are equal: when it comes to saleability some guarantee you a higher price, pretty much...
Much of the local industry – and a good bunch of international importers, media and the like – was involved this last week in Cape...
I’ve always loved a blind comparative tasting. It’s the truest yardstick of quality and style: a level playing field that sets a wine in context,...
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