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I’m plunged in the middle of the Platter wine-tasting season. For a month or so, a lot of varied vinous expressions of alcohol have been...
Telos 2015 – R4 200 a bottle – from Tokara in Stellenbosch. Vanity project? Another well-meaning but half-baked effort to elevate the reputation, and in conjunction,...
A while back I reported on the depressingly small volume of “serious” – indeed, basically dry – wines drunk in this country, as opposed to...
The red blend that is Dr Charles Niehaus from KWV is positioned as a kind of “super Roodeberg”, a signature blend made as a tribute...
Newton Johnson in Upper Hemel en Aarde, Full Stop Rock selling for around R180 a bottle the understudy to Granum which sells for R345 or...
There’s more Shiraz in the 2016 vintage of A.A. Badenhorst Red than usual – 71% compared to 52% in the case of 2015 and 56%...
When I last tasted the 2012 vintage of deluxe offering The Jem from Waterford in Stellenbosch, it was in the context of the Wine Cellar’s...
The Cape Vintage Reserve 2016 from De Krans in Calitzdorp is monumental. A blend of 74% Touriga Nacional, 18% Tinta Barocca and 8% Tinta Roriz,...
Results of the Best Value Chenin Blanc Tasting aimed at finding the best examples of this variety costing between R60 and R120 a bottle are...
91 Kleine Zalze Vineyard Selection Chenin Blanc 2018 ABV 13.5% Total production: 68 038 bottles W.O: Stellenbosch Price: R108 Smart wines continue to pour out...
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