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Chenin blanc has been at the core of the Cape wine revolution since 1994. No other grape can offer three crucial aspects of that revolution:...
One of the great boons of the Cape wine revolution has been the remarkably increased availability of lighter red wines over the past few decades....
At the recent 2019 Vinpro Information Day, chairman Anton Smuts said wine producers are accepting prices that are ‘too low’ – far lower than what...
This week’s little adventure in the supermarket wine aisles took me to Pick n Pay in search of bargain-priced good quality red. I decided on...
What is fine wine? And good wine? Without reaching conclusions, I’ve been pondering this since I wrote recently about some (very drinkable) supermarket whites and...
Where does the average South African sommelier sit in the scheme of things internationally? I have just stepped down from the Board of South African...
Is the South African national vineyard fit for purpose? With Chenin Blanc and Colombard making up approximately 20% of plantings and 40% of crop, the...
The top end of Cape wine – and the upper-middle range - gets increasingly costly (no judgement here – just saying!). The bottom shelf of...
It must be a long time since Stellenbosch saw an ambitious cabernet sauvignon released at around 12.5% alcohol. Not to mention the wine having no...
“This morning the cellar smelled like mussels and I could hear the ocean in the background,” says winemaker of Cape Point Vineyards, Riandri Visser. “Just...
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