Everything to do with South African fine wine. Wine magazine was published from October 1993 until September 2011 and now lives on in digital form as winemag.co.za
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Perhaps the most extraordinary aspect of the modern era of South African fine wine is that the trajectory of the improvement curve remains so steeply...
There’s a Burgundian gloss to the aspirations and the packaging of Iona these days – and, particularly with the new single-vineyard wines, it’s perfectly appropriate....
The Jacques Bruére Cuvée Rose Brut 2011 from Bon Courage in Robertson currently on the market is a late disgorgement, the back label suggesting at...
Dirk van Zyl is the new winemaker at Saxenburg in Stellenbosch taking over from Edwin Grace and effective immediately. Van Zyl, who graduated Cum Laude...
This year’s top 25 is intended to have something of the unpredictable about it. The reputations of the likes of Alheit, Mullineux and Sadie are...
It was the Dutch who were the great establishers of the Cape wine industry, but as far as modern wine settlers go they’re just outnumbered...
The Pinotage Reserve 2018 from Diemersdal in Durbanville is highly decorated – among the winners in this year’s Absa Top 10 competition and 5 Stars...
For the launch of the. Cabernet Franc 2015, the second vintage of the top-end offering from Brian Smith of Elgin Ridge and Niels Verburg of...
One thing we could always count on while working in the European fine wine trade was a safe, secure, sedate working environment where little changed...
One lovely aspect of South African wine history is the evolution of our so-called Cape Dutch architecture, featuring beautiful white-rendered finishes, gracious curves and elegant...
