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Fascinating to drink the Port 1989 from Calitzdorp cellar Boplaas, significant in that it marked the first time that this producer changed from 140g/l residual...
Schapenberg property Waterkloof was conventionally farmed until Paul Boutinot acquired it in 2003 whereafter it underwent organic and biodynamic conversion and hence the name of...
Grapes for the Old Vine Sauvignon Blanc 2002 (price: R190 a bottle) from Breedekloof cellar Du Toitskloof come from a certified heritage block planted in...
Lucinda Heyns quit formal employment at research body Winetech at the end of April to concentrate fulltime on making wine under her Illimis wine label...
False Bay Vineyards is a Waterkloof subsidiary brand, grapes for the Last of the First Pinotage that appears in this range sourced from a 1.3ha...
“Why so many wine competitions?” was one of the debates arising from Michael Friddjhon’s article Why do some wine producers enter competitions and others not?...
New-wave local producers of Syrah seem to want to favour elegance and refinement but let’s not forget that the wines of the Rhône, always held...
The Laurence Graff Reserve, pinnacle wine from Stellenbosch property Delaire Graff, is named after its English jeweller owner. Always a single-variety Cabernet Sauvignon, grapes come...
The 1947 Chenin Blanc from Bottelary property Kaapzicht has proved to be a bit chunky in recent times but the 2022 is tight and focused....
Elgin property Sutherland was acquired by Gyles Webb of Thelema in 2002 with a view to exploring what a cool-climate site could produce. The wines...
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