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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Variety, they say, is the spice of life. When it comes to wine reviewing and wine critiquing, I’d argue that it’s even more important than...
Post the Elgin Chardonnay Colloquium that was held this weekend and on the eve of the release of the ninth annual Chardonnay Report convened by...
Spending three months or so tasting wines and brandies for Platter is always interesting and a privilege, and frequently a pleasure. But it does mean...
I sometimes peevishly wonder if the whole “Family Wines” and “Family Vineyards” thing is not getting a bit excessive. Two decades back the word “Family”...
The Six Nations Wine Challenge has been with us in various guises for over 15 years. It started as the Tri-Nations Challenge and was meant...
It shouldn’t be a surprise that my first taste was of wine that belonged to the church - nagmaalwyn - communion wine. About age twelfth,...
On a circa 1688-1690 map that shows the oldest Stellenbosch farms in the names of their first owners, including Roelof Pasman of Rustenberg and Gerrit...
Billy Hughes – an engineer born in Argentina, settled in South Africa in 1990 – made a cleverer choice than he realised when he and...
Who holds the greatest sway with consumers? Is it the wine journalists or wine reviewers, bloggers or social media influencers? Or is it the wine...
I’ve rather lost patience with (and anyway can’t regularly afford) tasting-menu fine dining – the sort that involves peering into the depths of a large...
