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Boutique winemaker Richard Hilton recently hosted a benchmarking exercise for nine Cape Town sommeliers and me featuring his two favoured varieties, namely Viognier and Syrah....
This week, I along with some other wine media and industry members cracked an invite to have a sit-down with the head honchos at Distell....
Tasting notes and ratings for the trophy winners at the Amorim Méthode Cap Classique Challenge 2017 as follows: Best Brut: Domaine des Dieux Claudia Brut...
Results of the 16th Amorim Méthode Cap Classique Challenge were announced earlier today. Best Brut: Domaine des Dieux Claudia Brut 2011 Best Rosé: Simonsig Woolworths...
The International Wine and Spirits Competition 2017 were announced recently. Local wines winning the top accolade of “Gold Outstanding” (93+ on the 100-point scale) were...
Kloovenburg is one of the larger Swartland farms where wine production vies with table grapes, olives and figs for attention. First bottling was in 1998...
The fifth annual Tim Atkin South Africa Special Report 2017 is now out. Special acknowledgements as follows: Winemakers of the year: Chris and Andrea Mullineux...
Andrea Mullinuex says of her fixation with straw wine that it is an effort to “showcase the sun” – botrytis is difficult to obtain locally...
Jancis Robinson terms Tannat a “tannic monster” while winemaker Lukas van Loggerenberg says it’s got “ballas”. The Lowerland Tolbos 2016 as crafted by Van Loggerenberg...
It’s fascinating how different winemakers react to the Western Cape’s extended drought, Andrea and Chris Mullineux’s Single Terroir wines seemingly as assured as ever. Mullineux...
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