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The Old Bush Vines Chenin Blanc from Stellenrust is the prototype of a new collection of special bottlings of the variety will soon be releasing....
Colleague Tim James is very optimistic about the role that Portuguese varieties can play when it comes to local table wines (see here) while I’m...
Dewaldt Heyns, winemaker at Tulbagh winery Saronsberg, considers 2014 to have produced wines less concentrated than usual but his two focus reds, the Shiraz and...
Hoë Steen Chenin Blanc 2015 Price: R500 a bottle From a 50-year-old Swartland vineyard planted on mixed soils of iron and granite. A tantalising nose...
The Grenache 2015 from Tulbagh organic wine producer Waverley Hills makes for great everyday drinking. From bush vines yielding three tons a hectare, maturation lasted...
From Swartland Cinsault. Heady aromatics of cherry, wild strawberry, earth, herbs and spice. The palate packs a punch – there’s good depth of flavour, fresh...
A Swartland field blend of Chenin Blanc and Palomino planted between 1958 and 1967. On the nose, pear and white peach, dried herbs and a...
From ungrafted and unirrigated old bush vine Grenache in Piekenierskloof. A billowing nose of red and even some black berries, olive, fynbos and fresh herbs....
From Olifantsrivier Semillon planted in the 1930s and including both the white- and red-skinned versions of the grape. On the nose, green apple, lime and...
Mother Rock is a collaboration between winemaker Johan “Stompie” Meyer and Ben Henshaw of London wine merchant Indigo. Their everyday drinking Force Majeure wines have...
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