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Two recent encounters with contemporary South African Syrah reminded me that there’s less agreement about what constitutes quality among the wine community than we might...
I hadn’t intended to cross Bain’s Kloof Pass when I left Cape Town for Tulbagh, but I did drive via Wellington and somehow my car...
It certainly is fascinating how the diverse wine styles of the world can be matched with the countries own varied histories, cultures and climates. I...
At the beginning of the year I welcomed the 50th anniversary of the coming into force of South Africa’s Wine of Origin certification scheme –...
Banele Vakele uncorks a bottle of Tembela Verdelho 2022, his own-label, at a corner table at Furny’s in Noordhoek. Vakele has been acclaimed winemaker Duncan...
It is a great joy to taste old wines, especially when they have developed beautifully. But sometimes it’s fun to taste old wines just because...
Every eight seconds or so (on a quiet day), my phone springs to life, as a new contribution to the world’s most frenetic WhatsApp group...
In the August 2004 issue of Wine magazine, then-editor Fiona McDonald was on the last leg of a walking holiday in Spain and it fell...
My monthly tasting group, if it is to continue helping us keep a toehold on the big wide world of non-local wine, is going to...
We are, once again, currently in the midst of yet another Bordeaux en primeur campaign with release prices for the 2022 vintage wines slowly trickling...
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