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When Mulderbosch first appeared on the scene in the 1990s, with doctor Larry Jacobs as owner and the maverick, Rumi-quoting Mike Dobrovic as winemaker, it...
The definitive answer to the question in the title is a typical South African “Ja/Nee”, indicating that the answer is not straightforward. A major component...
Glass, as a material for a fermentation and maturation vessel is “entirely neutral”, says Thys Louw of Durbanville property Diemersdal – not porous like wood,...
What to expect from the newly formed Chardonnay Association of South Africa? Well, if wasn’t for the launch function of this new body held at...
There’s no doubt that the world we know – and trade with – is in turmoil. At home we have the uncertainties surrounding the GNU/coalition....
Wine reputations are a complicated interaction between perception and reality, where the weight of a brand name, a storied maison, or a prestigious appellation often...
I’m still looking for some specially great value local chardonnay. But having disappointingly realised a few weeks back that it’s pretty naive to hope for...
At R160 a bottle, the 2023 vintage of Creative Block 2 from Spier punches above its weight. Grapes sourced variously from Durbanville, Stellenbosch and Darling,...
So much to like about the Riesling 2024. Grapes from two sites in Elgin, one in the Kogelberg Biosphere and the other on higher slopes...
Bottelary is pretty special country when it comes to old-vine Chenin Blanc having given us Radio Lazarus from Alheit, 1947 from Kaapzicht and the Barrel...
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