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You would have to search long and hard to find any use of the word “sommelier” in the context of the Cape wine industry twenty-five...
There are topics and debates in wine discussion that seem to periodically re-emerge. Not a bad thing when they’re important – though many of us...
The ageability of wine is a topic that surfaces regularly among global wine writers and commentators. Perhaps the most contentious aspect is whether a wine...
There’s little doubt that the average standard of the Cape’s reds has improved in the last decade, at all levels – at the grander levels...
The wine world is very sizeist. We wine geeks tend to favour small producers, and to dislike big wine companies (although we seem to make...
A year ago I stood with Christo le Riche outside his Helderberg winery taking in the sight of newly planted cabernet sauvignon, the first for...
My previous column, on wine writing, attracted critical attention. First on social media, then three experienced wine writers took me to task. Below I offer...
A convenient narrative has taken root in wine commentary circles: that younger consumers – Millennials and Gen Z – are abandoning wine, too preoccupied with...
It would be hard to overestimate the role of the winemaker in the Cape wine revolution of the past few decades – and only partly...
By now, readers must surely be tiring of hearing about the trials and tribulations of the Bordeaux En-primeur 2024 campaign. I know I certainly am....
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