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‘At the Rondebosje, the vineyard is flourishing lustily,’ wrote the fourth commander of the Cape, Jacob Borghorst, in a despatch to the Lords XVII on...
Spring’s arrival has seemed rather more convincing in the Western Cape the last few days, with sunny skies and warm sunshine. The vineyards have known...
The Tesselaarsdal brand was founded in 2015 by long-standing Hamilton Russell Vineyards employee Berene Sauls, the wine made by colleague Emul Ross. The nose of...
Turning my eyes from an array of online wine-business ugliness, I’ve been reading Wine and Place, a “terroir reader” largely composed of extracts furthering this...
News from Richard Kershaw Wines in Elgin is that some of its wines showed exceptionally well in a benchmark tasting held in the Netherlands recently....
The Strooidakkerk (Thatched Roof Church) was consecrated in 1805 in Paarl and is the oldest building still currently used for devotions by the Dutch Reformed...
Hannes Storm is the poster boy for top-end Pinot Noir but you shouldn’t overlook his Vrede Chardonnay, the 2017 recently tasted at Cape Wine. Grapes...
The Reserve Syrah from Greyton property Lismore is fantastic. Winemaking involved 40% whole-bunch fermentation before maturation lasting 10 months in 500-litre barrels. The nose is...
The young woman opposite me, with extraordinary wide-open, pyrite-coloured eyes rimmed in thick dark kohl, took a little leather bomber jacket off, and began to...
In conjunction with Tonnellerie Saint Martin, winemag.co.za is pleased to release the second annual Pinot Noir Report. There were 36 entries from 26 producers for...
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