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“We’ve been looking to dial back the Merlot Reserve – less extraction and more aeration to make the wine more refined,” says Thomas Webb, director...
By all accounts, this year’s Swartland Revolution was a triumph. The wines were thrilling, the crowd suitably adoring, the hangovers probably manageable (see Michael Fridjhon’s...
Clearly, the expensiveness of something (which can sometimes be different from whether it costs a lot of money or not) is relative and depends on...
Resveratrol was first described in 1939. Chemically it is classified as a polyphenol. Polyphenols are important in the metabolism of plants where resveratrol is one...
David and Rita Trafford of De Trafford founded Sijnn in 2003, drawn to the unique terroir outside Malgas on the banks of the Breede River....
From a certified single vineyard in the region of Breedekloof, this is Bruce Jack’s top-end version of Pinotage, selling for R573 a bottle. Inky in...
The International Vine and Wine Organisation (OIV) yesterday released statistics on production, consumption and trade from all producing and consuming nations (more than 180) to...
“Glenelly compared to Vergelegen is like Pauillac to Margaux – the former powerful and structured with dark fruit and firm tannins; the latter more perfumed,...
There’s no doubt that wine regions define their own personalities – driven by the landscape and the people who are attracted to making wine there....
Earlier this year, I assembled a selection of single-variety Shiraz, each retailing for under R100, in the hope of uncovering a bargain or two. The...
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