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A picture of the beautiful Virginie, Comtesse de Lalande, hangs in the private tasting room at Glenelly Estate in Stellenbosch. I think she’s there to...
Someone with an over-tendency to use the words of uncertainty like “perhaps” and an over-fondness for brackets should probably (there you go!) beware of venturing...
One of the quirks of working in the London wine trade which I am still getting used to after 25 years subsequent to switching careers...
True Sauvignon Blanc fans often bemoan how young wines from this variety typically get drunk but when is optimal? Recently, I revisited the winning wines...
In early January, as the syrah berries were making their definitive turn from green to purple, I visited Saxenburg – one of the earliest Cape...
Each January or thereabouts, various bodies – notably online dictionaries – declare a “Word of the year”, reflecting peaks in look-ups and usage over the...
As a sometime art commentator, the invasion of money into an industry where aesthetics, originality and invention were measures of worth and value has been...
Just over three centuries ago, in 1719, the German astronomer and surveyor Peter Kolbe published his comprehensive Caput Bonae Spei Hodiernum, a detailed account of...
The bald ibis is a large, glossily blue-black bird with a long, curved beak, found in mountainous regions like the Eastern Free State highlands, on...
When I was in my twenties, it was with wry amusement that I noted that there was a multivitamin and mineral supplement marketed at the...
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