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In early January, as the syrah berries were making their definitive turn from green to purple, I visited Saxenburg – one of the earliest Cape...
A slight label revamp for the 2019 vintage of Kottabos Chenin Blanc from the Bormans of Boschkloof, a nice touch being that credit is given...
Each January or thereabouts, various bodies – notably online dictionaries – declare a “Word of the year”, reflecting peaks in look-ups and usage over the...
The Artisan Collection is a series of small-batch wines made by James McKenzie, former banker and the man behind the resuscitation of Wellington property Nabygelegen...
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...
A bottle of the famed GS Cabernet 1966 has just been confirmed as the prize for the best wine overall in this year's 10-Year-Old Wine...
Grapes picked fully ripe including a small portion of botrytis, some first-fill barrels incorporated in the oaking regime and regular batonage (stirring of the lees)...
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 Syrah from Carinus Family Vineyard has always been slightly overshadowed for me by the Chenin Blanc but if the 2019 is anything to go...
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...
