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What to make of wines with no added sulphites? Stellenzicht winemaker Guy Webber ended his launch presentation of a Chardonnay 2009 and Petit Verdot 2008...
Lourens River Valley 2001 from Morgenster is a blend of 55% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc. The individual varieties were aged per...
The Alvi’s Drift range of wines from the Worcester farm Alfalfa owned by the Van der Merwe family is worth keeping an eye on. There...
On Sunday, lunch spent drinking Platter’s 2011 5-Star laureate The Mackenzie 2007 at the Hartenberg Fête de la Fleur; yesterday a chance to examine 5-Star...
Rick’s Café Americain in Gardens, Cape Town offers casual dining for trendy inner-city 20- and 30-somethings. The products of producer-wholesaler Distell feature heavily on the...
The problem with South African wine writing is that nobody’s prepared to make really big calls. A bunch of my colleagues went up to Upington...
Is there reward to be had from a wine rated 2½ Stars? Tasting through the line-up of wines at Wine magazine’s Best Value Wine Show...
It’s a heretical position to take, but I don’t get Sauvignon Blanc from Elgin. Last night at the opening of Luke Dale-Roberts’s new restaurant The...
It’s curious how some new farms instantaneously enjoy a high profile and others wallow in obscurity for years. When Constantia Glen released its maiden vintage...
Reyneke Sauvignon Blanc 2009 is all ripe tropical fruit, broad in structure with soft acidity. It tastes like no other Sauvignon Blanc you’ve had before...
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