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The following received via email from David Smith: "Having recently returned to SA from quite a few years in Canada, I would like to say...
It seems it is allowed. I don’t know if there are readers of this website for whom “social distancing” – or even normal life –...
Is Vergelegen underperforming? 20 years ago, it was one of the properties which defined the debate and set quality standards. Now it just seems to...
Light red wines that can be served chilled are increasingly fashionable and Stellenbosch property Simonsig is very much on trend with its Grenache Syrah Mourvèdre,...
The quality divide that so often manifests itself between local Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon is again in evidence in the case of two new wines...
There are 550 production cellars in South Africa, of which half crush 100 tons or less. Assuming these smaller cellars sell no bulk and bottle...
Introduction The inaugural Cap Classique Report sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is now out. There were 50 entries received from 27 producers and...
Coronavirus is here, as Tim James wrote over the weekend, prompting me to look at a ‘pestilence’ that arrived at the Cape exactly 307 years...
The White 2017 from Quoin Rock, consisting of 85% Sauvignon Blanc and 15% Semillon, rated 91 in our category report of 2018 but is not...
Should I apologise for returning to the subject of the ageability of Cape wine? It gets dealt with quite often on this forum – most...
