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This year’s edition of the South Africa Special Report by UK MW Tim Atkin was released recently. Make of his scores what you want (as...
There are few estates that I have written about as often in the past few decades than Lammershoek. Often I wrote with hope that the...
As the world’s wine trade converges on CapeWine 2025 this week, there will be plenty of talk of the environment – as one panel on...
The emotionally-charged Afrikaans word “nederlaag” keeps returning to my mind. It is a word that resonates with poetic sadness, nostalgia - much more than being...
The controversies and scandals once surrounding the Stellenbosch estate Quoin Rock – before the current regime I hastily add – are fun to recall, but...
I love reading about viticulture back in the day. I’m talking here about the time before the mid-19th century. I remember reading one account of...
Anyone who works in the wine industry will be all too aware of the effects of climate change on global wine production. Wine farms may...
In the wine industry, addiction is something one is constantly obliged to confront. Alcohol flows freely, tastings are routine, and overindulgence is an occupational hazard....
Is Belgium the country with the largest number of expatriates having wineries in South Africa? I think it could well be, though it’s come as...
Many readers of this column will be familiar with following scene unfolding at the dinner table: A particularly delectable bottle of wine has been opened...
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