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You’d surely have thought this good enough business, even for the most sharkishly-minded: a bistro owner buys a modest, but well reputed wine from the...
The fifth annual Cape Wine Auction, sponsored by Nedbank Private Wealth, took place on Saturday at Rustenberg in Stellenbosch, raising R17.5 million compared to R22.3...
I get the feeling that Jurgen Gouws is pretty much always smiling. Winemaker of his own Swartland label, Intellego, he moves through the world on...
It was only when checking my notes about the maiden release of Capensis Chardonnay (2014 vintage) that I realised its launch party was almost exactly...
Lievland in Stellenbosch, highly regarded in it time, has been acquired by MAN Family Wines, the label owned by José Conde of Stark-Condé and brothers...
According to a recent comment on this site, I “score the lighter red wine styles [in particular Pinot Noir] rather low compared to the...
It has been said that presuming a certain level of quality, the only other requirements for a wine to assume icon status is that it...
In September 2017, I first wrote about the “influencer” phenomenon and how it relates to wine marketing (see here). Looking back, I was quite reserved...
Established in 1702, Durbanville property Meerendal is something of an institution although in recent times, the wines have tended to underperform. That changes with the...
Philip van Staden made a pretty smart, if big and glossy, version of Cabernet Sauvignon that went by the name of Lapa while at Guardian...
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