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“Stick this into a Pinot Noir line-up and nobody will be able to tell the difference,” said Laibach winemaker Francois van Zyl giving me a...
Two examples of Shiraz, each sitting at different ends of the stylistic spectrum. The Kloovenburg being from the warm Swartland was rich and broad, featuring...
During February, producer association Just Riesling ran a competition across various blogs to determine its slogan. Members considered the entries and ended up with a...
In 2009, Charles Ochse was compelled by his father to leave his post as the winemaker in charge of white wines at Franschhoek Vineyards to...
While I consider the Unwooded Chardonnay from Constantia Uitsig one of the better local examples around, I’ve always seen it as playing second fiddle to...
Spectrum 2008 was made by Callie Louw during his brief stint at Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards and drinking it yesterday I can see why Marc Kent...
Groot Constantia was overall winner at the fourteenth annual Classic Wine Trophy competition, winemaker Boela Gerber collecting the Bacchus trophy as well as a return...
"Monotony, neutrality and non-existent regionality were sadly the buzzwords of this tasting," begins the report on SA Chenin Blanc in the April issue of UK...
I’m still waiting for my April issue of Decanter to arrive in the letter box, but a recent posting on A Word from the Herd,...
In the absence of anything of very great interest to post, one of my favourite bits of cinema ever, from the 1986 production Withnail and...
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