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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A vertical tasting of Paul Cluver Chardonnay recently (see Christian’s tasting notes), reminded me of the thoroughly odd history of the variety in South Africa....
What do the big international wine brands Lindemans from Australia, Penfolds from Australia and Mud House from New Zealand all have in common? Yes, they...
Three decades of fairly serious engagement with wine and its culture has helped me to learn something about such things as geography and history and...
Jancis Robinson’s latest update on Cape wines makes gratifying reading for South Africa’s wine producers and their followers. Published in late February in the Financial...
On the 12 August 2014, Ernie Els Wines on the Heldeberg in Stellenbosch established a special block of Cabernet Sauvignon using Clone 412 from Gironde...
The story of how syrah came to be called shiraz in Australia (and then South Africa) is a remarkably odd one, replete with confusions –...
After almost exactly two years , this week I finally returned to South Africa to visit both wine producers as well as suppliers down in...
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South Africa lost one of its only two certified biodynamic producers (the other being Reyneke) when Radford Dale bought Elgin Ridge late last year. A...
There are no climate change deniers in the wine industry. When your livelihood hinges on the vagaries of temperature and availability of water, there is...
