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It must be some 20 years since I last took that dirt road off the R44 between Somerset West and Stellenbosch, climbing the lower slopes...
Originally published in a Stellenbosch Wine Routes members’ newsletter: A recent phone call from a well-respected sommelier confirmed my fears that harnessing our Covid-19 misfortunes...
It’s been quite a while since I was a proper wine tourist, anonymously exploring a route for the sheer joy of it. Mostly this is...
If being a national player in the world of global wine can be likened to the role of a protagonist in a boxing match, Covid-19...
Most winemakers baulk at being seen as “rock stars”, preferring to portray themselves as humble tillers of the soil, dedicated to using grape to reflect...
On Sunday morning half the sky that I could see was covered by brown smoke, driven by winds from a veld fire on Devil's Peak...
One is regarded as a relatively ancient, classical variety while the other is seen as a fairly boisterous nouveau creation. But both Cinsault and Pinotage...
Lourensford winemaker Hannes Nel doesn’t hesitate in saying that his newly released Kleipot Chardonnay 2018 is clearly superior to the generally well-regarded Chardonnay in the...
"Until Easter," Mr Salie said. The cut-off for the last late-harvest bunches of the Constantia real McCoy. It was February and the Cape was just...
I have to confess to some heretical thoughts. They rattle around in my mind and blend into one, which emerges with a yawn: Is South...
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