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The Vuurberg White as made by Donovan Rall has tended to live in the shadow of his own-label white blend but the recently released 2015...
Môrelig Vineyards, situated at the foot of the Paardeberg mountain in the Swartland, was acquired by Andrew and Elise Wightman in 2011. There were originally...
While the first incarnation of Smiley White Non-vintage was, um, a little obscure, the second is much better realised (price: R135 a bottle). It’s from...
To keep the alcohol down on a red wine but still achieve a flavour profile that shows more black than red fruit is a pretty...
According to Porseleinberg viticulturalist and winemaker Callie Louw, the 2014 vintage was cooler and wetter (635mm of rain compared to an average of 450mm) than...
In an effort to beat the heat, Swartland winemakers tend to pick early and the wines can appear just a tiny bit underdone, which is...
Here are our six most highly rated current-release wines of the last month: Patatsfontein Chenin Blanc 2015 – 94 (read original review here) Delaire Graff...
How does David Trafford of Stellenbosch cellar DeTrafford do it? At a tasting billed as “Best of SA vs Bordeaux” put on by retailer Wine...
Starting with the 2014 vintage, the Chenin Blanc Initiative was undertaken by Breedekloof producers to use the variety as a vehicle to uplift the image...
Kobus Deetlefs, current owner of Breedekloof property Deetlefs, is the sixth generation of his family to farm here. His father Philip died in 1992 and...
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