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Food, art and culture are given much prominence at La Motte in Franschhoek so it’s sometimes difficult to know what to think about the wines...
The new wave of wines from Cinsaut and Grenache present some interesting dichotomies – lightness vs heaviness, authenticity vs contrivance and precision vs (wilful) neglect...
The 2014 vintage of Swerwer is a more serious if no less delicious proposition than its 2013 predecessor. Made by Jasper Wickens, who is part...
The red wines from Saronsberg in Tulbagh might be barnstormers but the Viognier is emerging as a very smart wine. 40% of the current-release 2013...
Yesterday a vertical tasting of Full Circle from Saronsberg in Tulbagh, the wine billed as the “most awarded Rhône-style red blend in the country”. This...
I suppose it’s commendable when a competition panel rewards lightness over heaviness as seems to have been the case when the First Sighting Shiraz 2012...
On Friday, the official launch of the newly restored Paardebosch cellar in the Swartland – David Sadie is incumbent here, the facility also where he...
I’m firmly in the pro-Cinsau(l)t camp but after tasting the Cinsault 2014 from Swartland producer Leeuwenkuil which won the trophy for best niche red variety...
When I tasted the Cape Vintage CWG Auction Reserve 2006 from Calitzdorp producer Carel Nel in August 2011 prior to the auction of that year,...
DGB is one of South Africa’s big producer-wholesalers and I suppose Bellingham Bernard Series is to this company what top-end Nederburg is to Distell or...
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