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Forgive this diversion from reporting on wine life. I’d had in mind a serious and hopefully controversial piece about the Great Shrinking South African Vineyard,...
I was recently asked, “What do I think is the most valuable quality of a fine wine buyer? A great palate? Understanding the global fine...
Rest in peace Steven Spurrier, the wine world legend who died yesterday. I was privileged to judge with him at the Old Mutual Trophy Wine...
That’s not some sort of weird trophy Doug Mylrea is holding in the photo, but he and Paul Hoogwerf, his partner in Maanschijn, are nonetheless...
Is the gravitas of a wine determined by the producer or brand name on the label? And if so, how does it influence appreciation and/or...
The recent Strauss & Co auction of Cape and foreign wines (the theme this time being Rhône varieties) was another success – though more mutedly...
“Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting…” and, boy oh boy, have we all been...
What is the maximum price you will pay per bottle for everyday drinking wine? According to a recent poll that winemag.co.za conducted on Twitter, 27.3%...
I recently had the opportunity to catch up over Zoom with Willie and Emma Dreyer, seventh-generation owners of Leeuwenkuil, a farm described as ‘the gateway...
Pretentiously massive wine bottles, designed to proclaim the high quality of their contents, are not the prerogative of the New World. Well, not entirely. The...
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