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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...
If you offer yourself as a wine critic there’s firstly objectivity to at least consider. It’s something only achievable once you understand your own instinctual...
I’ve recently been exploring speciality coffee, and took a trip to Brazil to see the coffee harvest, and observe how the cherries are processed. I...
Few vintages in recent South African memory have been discussed with as much quiet confidence among wine producers, and in particular, Chenin Blanc producers, as...
The following received via email from Joël van den Hoogen, a Dutch creative director based in Amsterdam: I read your editorial "The case for a...
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