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Albert van Niekerk, former copywriter turned winemaker, is currently assistant to Peter-Allan Finlayson of Crystallum Wines, working out of the Gabriëlskloof cellar in Bot River....
The 2020 vintage saw independent winemaker Alexandra McFarlane in an experimental mood, working with varieties from various sites, the outcome being two wines forming a...
Unfortified biologically aged wines, that is to say, wines aged under a film of wine yeasts called flor, aren’t in any danger of becoming mainstream...
At R125 a bottle, the Chenin Blanc 2019 from Spice Route offers amazing quality relative to price. Grapes from a 1978 Swartland vineyard, harvest involved...
Land of Hope is a Radford Dale initiative, the proceeds from sales of wines under this label going to an education trust for the benefit...
While Andrea and Chris Mullineux are exclusively Swartland focused when it comes to the wines labeled under their surname, Leeu Passant allows them to explore...
The good reputation of 2017 is now well established whereas 2018 is generally viewed as having been “challenging”. That said, the recently released MR de...
Marelise Niemann of Momento has become a champion of Grenache in all its colours: Noir, Gris and Blanc and it’s fascinating to see how each...
The young Neil Bruwer has been head winemaker at this Franschhoek property since 2019, and could not resist using a 1965 block to produce the...
Whereas the end of harvest is usually accompanied by plenty of speculation and conjecture as to wine quality, 2020 of course saw the country in...
