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Reyneke new releases

By Christian Eedes , 25 July 2025

Barbara Melck, winemaker at Reyneke in Stellenbosch since the 2022 harvest, caused a stir at this year’s iTOO Next Generation Awards when her Sauvignon Blanc...

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Dr Justus Apffelstaedt: Moderation misunderstood – the case for smarter wine health messaging

By Justus Apffelstaedt , 24 July 2025

Science without connection to real life is a meaningless ivory tower activity. Ideally, science improves real people’s lives. For example, the mortality of breast cancer...

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Building on a decade of design leadership in SA wine

By Christian Eedes , 23 July 2025

After 10 years of valued partnership, self-adhesive label supplier Rotolabel has concluded its sponsorship of the Wine Label Design Awards. We thank them sincerely for...

Michael Fridjhon: Wine’s downturn and our slim chance to save it

By Michael Fridjhon , 23 July 2025

Christian Eedes’s editorial entitled “SA’s wine quality gap widens” published earlier this month highlighted the key elements of what I think is an impending and...

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Beaumont New Baby 2023

By Christian Eedes , 23 July 2025

Sebastian Beaumont of Beaumont Family Wines in Bot River describes New Baby as a “no-rules white blend from our three oldest white vineyards.” The newly...

Tim James: On boring wine writers and being priced out of the market

By Tim James , 22 July 2025

A vicious cold thwarted my plans of getting out at the crack of dawn on Monday to the Sadie new releses trade tasting in order...

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Editorial: The Swartland Revolution – honouring the past, looking ahead

By Christian Eedes , 22 July 2025

Earlier this year, I asked a simple question: Can we still, in good faith, call the Swartland Revolution a revolution? It landed harder than expected....

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Saurwein new releases

By Christian Eedes , 22 July 2025

Jessica Saurwein launched her own label in 2015, making Riesling and Pinot Noir. In 2021, the project found a permanent home when she and her...

Lowerland new releases

By Christian Eedes , 21 July 2025

Lowerland is the Coetzee family farm on the banks of the Orange River near Prieska in the Northern Cape. Spanning 12,000ha, it is primarily dedicated...

Groot Phesantekraal Anna de Koning Chenin Blanc 2024

By Christian Eedes , 18 July 2025

Richard Schroeder, winemaker at Groot Phesantekraal in Durbanville since November 2020, is betting on Chenin Blanc as the property’s white wine of the future –...
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