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How did you become interested in wine? I began working in a restaurant with an owner who was always keen to share his wine knowledge...
As winter in Cape Town starts to really bite, a mild lamb and spinach curry for supper was called for. What to pair with it?...
I’m not much of a pedant. It’s too exhausting to be pedantic about everything. However, I am painfully pedantic about the misappropriation of words with...
I spent a good chunk of last weekend – or so it seems in retrospect – tasting wines from a handful of the Cape’s newest...
Tremayne Smith, assistant winemaker at Mullineux & Leeu, also makes wine under his own label called The Blacksmith. Tasting notes and scores for current releases...
The white blend that is Laurens Campher from Stellenbosch property seems to get more serious with each passing vintage. The 2014 is a blend of...
The Wild Child 2014 from Durbanville property is smart enough but I’m not sure it entirely lives up to its name. It’s from Sauvignon Blanc...
The Shiraz Select 2003 from Stellenbosch property Saxenburg was rated 5 Stars in the 2007 edition of Platter’s and it remains a pretty smart bottle...
Petite Sirah – also known as Durif – is a natural hybrid of Syrah and Peloursin which was discovered by Francois Durif in the south...
Why do SA’s whites tend to outperform its reds? It’s a question again posed by Donovan Rall’s red blend from the 2013 vintage. It’s blend...
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