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Ever since Chris de Vries assumed the permanent role of winemaker at Vilafonté in late 2016, the wines have grown in refinement. The 2023 vintage...
“The Signature range is the absolute focus of what we do,” says Chris Mullineux of the eponymous Swartland label and volumes of the new releases...
After last year’s Rosé Report, the question lingered: is there a ceiling to how good local rosé can be? That year’s tasting drew 40 entries...
Loïc du Toit, part of the winemaking team at De Wetshof in Robertson, has released his first wine under his own label, The White Bait...
Mick Craven of Craven Wines describes the 2025 vintage as “bloody easy”, with no particular rush to pick – which raises the question of whether...
For last year’s iTOO Next Generation Awards, then 29-year-old Dirk Swanepoel entered his White Pinotage 2023 which rated a respectable 90. He makes wine at...
Picpoul, the variety traditionally associated with Languedoc, the central part of France’s southern coast, has become hugely popular in the last 20 years. Easy drinking...
I once rather liked Biography Shiraz from Raka – the property officially designated as Klein River, situated between Stanford and Caledon. My recollection was that...
Carla Pauw of Saltare (“to dance” in Latin) discovered that she “really loves to smell and taste” while working at parttime at Stellenbosch property Morgenhof...
The 2024 standard-label Syrah from Boschkloof delivers exceptional quality – not just for its price of R290, but full stop. Matured for 10 months in...
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