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It’s been essential for me, as a wine writer, to live outside the boundaries of the winelands. Were I to live in say, Stellenbosch, I...
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Of South Africa’s approximately 5,400 hectares of certified heritage vineyards (35 years or older), just 81 hectares are planted to Palomino. Piekenierskloof Wines has now...
Questions around the blending of grape varieties have been milling around in my mind this past week, prompted by a comment and query on my...
In the case of the David & Nadia Single Vineyard wines from the 2025 vintage, there is a sense that they are leaning into the...
Swartland winemaking team David and Nadia Sadie have for some time been at pains to ensure that their main range of wines does not exist...
Van Loggerenberg Wines marks its 10th vintage with the release of its 2025s, and proprietor Lukas van Loggerenberg is not holding back his enthusiasm. “I...
South Africa’s wine finds itself in a curious position at the moment as its exports to the UK, its single largest market, keep earning more...
The Swartland has, like the ANC flag, three colours: In summer there’s the pervasive ochreous gold of the harvested wheatfields, in winter the brilliant green...
Canettevallei in Stellenbosch Kloof is a family-owned lavender and boutique wine farm, Daniël de Waal incumbent here since 2004. Super Single Vineyards is the umbrella...
South African wine has become remarkably successful at producing world-class bottles at the top end and inexpensive supermarket wines at the bottom. But what has...
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