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There’s a feeling among some winemakers that you can’t make decent wine from young-vine Grenache and so they choose not to work with it at...
Let’s be honest. Aren’t we all flying blind when it comes to the white varieties from the Rhône as expressed under local conditions? There’s something...
The 2010 vintage of the Pierneef Collection Shiraz Viognier from La Motte in Franschhoek, which was rated in the 2013 edition of Platter’s, has just...
Most of the efforts on this blog are directed at the fine wine end of the market but occasionally it’s interesting to examine what’s happening...
Yesterday the launch of the 2014 edition of the Best Value Wine Guide sponsored by Ultra Liquors. Wines have to sell for R80 or under...
Another wine from the recent Elgin red wine review which shows the way forward was the yet-to-be-released Iona One Man Band 2009. The maiden vintage...
Last night the 2004 vintage Frans K Smit, the ultra-premium offering from Spier in Stellenbosch. 15% abv according to the back label and usually such...
Always nice when a wine doesn’t conform to your preconceived idea about it. Last night a bottle of Stellenrust 46 Barrel Fermented Chenin Blanc 2010...
The seventh annual Top 10 Sauvignon Blanc Competition, presented under the auspices of the Sauvignon Blanc Interest Group (SBIG), will once again seek to identify...
Wine of the day over lunch at Jordan restaurant yesterday was the Mellifera Noble Late Harvest 2009. From Riesling, it showed a really wide flavour...
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