Everything to do with South African fine wine. Wine magazine was published from October 1993 until September 2011 and now lives on in digital form as winemag.co.za
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Great wine is made in the vineyard, they say – essentially claiming little more than that you need good grapes for good wine, and the...
There’s a lot of discussion about the change in climate. Currently, in the UK, we are in the middle of the hottest summer ever, and...
Over the years I have had great opportunities to be on the judging side in the visual arts world. Being on a selection panel to...
Introducing The Cold Soak, a podcast where we discuss what’s been happening in South African wine over the past month – new releases, industry chatter,...
It’s been essential for me, as a wine writer, to live outside the boundaries of the winelands. Were I to live in say, Stellenbosch, I...
Questions around the blending of grape varieties have been milling around in my mind this past week, prompted by a comment and query on my...
South Africa’s wine finds itself in a curious position at the moment as its exports to the UK, its single largest market, keep earning more...
The Swartland has, like the ANC flag, three colours: In summer there’s the pervasive ochreous gold of the harvested wheatfields, in winter the brilliant green...
South African wine has become remarkably successful at producing world-class bottles at the top end and inexpensive supermarket wines at the bottom. But what has...
Many South African wine producers, especially those who are relatively recent arrivals on the international stage, lament the years of isolation – not just the...
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