Opinion & Analysis

Jamie Goode: Has wine lost its cool – for good?

By Jamie Goode , 5 August 2025

Wine is in the middle of an existential crisis. The ‘thought leaders’ are out and about, busying themselves with AI-assisted look-alike-posts on Linked-In pointing out...

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Tim James: Vagabond No More – 10 Years of Saurwein’s Nom Pinot Noir

By Tim James , 4 August 2025

Achieving the first ten vintages of a wine is always a great thing, and especially so when the wine has been appreciated, locally and internationally,...

Greg Sherwood MW: Can wine still help us feel more human?

By Greg Sherwood , 30 July 2025

“Wine has always meant more than what’s in the glass. Across cultures and centuries, it’s helped us mark transitions, carry memories, create rhythm, and connect....

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Tim James: The Sadie new releases

By Tim James , 28 July 2025

It felt rather like returning to a more effortful time of wine-tasting. Up while it was still almost dark, taking the dogs for a quick...

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Letter to the editor: Blind tasting reality check

By Christian Eedes , 25 July 2025

The following received via email from Yair Safriel, a physician having trained in neuroradiology. Now based between New York and Florida, he visits South Africa...

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Dr Justus Apffelstaedt: Moderation misunderstood – the case for smarter wine health messaging

By Justus Apffelstaedt , 24 July 2025

Science without connection to real life is a meaningless ivory tower activity. Ideally, science improves real people’s lives. For example, the mortality of breast cancer...

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Michael Fridjhon: Wine’s downturn and our slim chance to save it

By Michael Fridjhon , 23 July 2025

Christian Eedes’s editorial entitled “SA’s wine quality gap widens” published earlier this month highlighted the key elements of what I think is an impending and...

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Tim James: On boring wine writers and being priced out of the market

By Tim James , 22 July 2025

A vicious cold thwarted my plans of getting out at the crack of dawn on Monday to the Sadie new releses trade tasting in order...

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Editorial: The Swartland Revolution – honouring the past, looking ahead

By Christian Eedes , 22 July 2025

Earlier this year, I asked a simple question: Can we still, in good faith, call the Swartland Revolution a revolution? It landed harder than expected....

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Greg Sherwood MW: A fine wine weekend in Belgium

By Christian Eedes , 16 July 2025

Let’s be clear, I like a fun festive wine tastings as much as the next wine lover, but rarely do I jump into my car...