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Designating Noble Late Harvest as “dessert wine” is a pity as it means that consumption become unduly restricted. I like the Bordelais custom of serving...
The flagship red blend from Stellenbosch property Thelema called Rabelais came about in the aftermath of Gyles Webb’s resignation from the Cape Winemakers Guild –...
Craig Hawkins pretty much eschews the label “natural wines” for the stuff he makes under the Testalonga El Bandito label as he feels that the...
Total plantings on Keermont situated in the Blaauwklippen Valley below De Trafford and above Dornier and Waterford amount to 30ha. Until now, there have been...
Steenberg winemaker JD Pretorius picked up double gold at Veritas for his Merlot 2011 earlier this year and then went on to win the Diners...
Steenberg Yesterday I joined Steenberg general manager John Loubser, winemaker JD Pretorius and about a dozen of their colleagues to undertake a benchmark tasting of...
I have no problem if scores on this site are seen as conservative. Whereas for many critics a sub-90 score implies a veiled admonition, for...
Bruce Jack is back in the South African wine industry on his own terms “after a hiatus of five or six years” – he continues...
Not terribly impressed with Hunter’s Gold and Savanah, the mainstream products that masquerade as cider? “Estate Grown Apples”, “Not from concentrate”, “Hand-picked apples” and “No...
With the festive season nearly upon us, winemag.co.za offices are receiving more bubbly samples than usual. We were particularly impressed by the new releases in...
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