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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...
I was given cause to reassess the role Tinta Barocca might play in the local context when it was revealed that it was part of...
The Boplaas 1880 Ox Wagon Reserve 8 Year Potstill Brandy is as fine a liquor product as I’ve drunk all year. My first encounter with...
“Cabernet Sauvignon is the ‘underdog variety’ relative to Shiraz at Hartenberg,” says winemaker Carl Schultz before presenting a multi-vintage tasting of the wine. That might...
I sometimes despair at how lacklustre the wines of our major producer-wholesaler Distell are but there’s nothing wrong with the Fleur du Cap Unfiltered Sauvignon...
Geeks like to scoff at Sauvignon Blanc for being excessively simple but while Reyneke Reserve White is entirely from this variety, the fact that it...
Does South Africa’s best wine get the price it deserves in world terms? Laurence Graff Reserve 2011 from Delaire Graff Estate in Stellenbosch sells for...
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