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“Will be great drinking by 2000,” says the 1998 edition of Platter’s of the Kanonkop Cabernet Sauvignon 1995. Better to have taken your cue from...
Last week’s public holiday prompted a three-night stay at Tierhoek Cottages in Robertson, and plenty of opportunity to assess the wines of the region. On...
Pinot Noir has a reputation for being difficult to make, but it’s also bloody difficult to judge in a formal context on account of its...
Tim James has been up to his usual wine competition bashing efforts over on Grape.co.za (see here, here and here), his issue not only that...
One suspects that when the Downes brothers set about establishing Shannon Vineyards in Elgin back in 2000, they thought they’d make their name with Pinot...
“Congratulations on your daughter’s second birthday,” said a friend. “You’ve managed to get her this far, all limbs intact.” An excuse for a small celebration...
On Friday, the launch of the maiden vintage 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon from Bartinney in the Banghoek ward of Stellenbosch. The wine spent 12 months in...
Eben Sadie of Columella and Palladius fame is no longer the only Sadie you should be paying attention to. There’s Stormers centre Johann Sadie, who...
Last night a meeting of our social tasting group, the theme of the evening sweet wines. We tasted blind and here’s how I scored the...
Lunch at top Cape Town restaurant Bizerca with Christophe Durand of Vins D’Orrance. He bought his maiden vintage 2009 Chenin Blanc called Kama (after the...
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