What's Up
There's a fire burning at L'Ami Family Brasserie in the ‘French Corner' of the Cape winelands, where you're invited to enjoy some fine, friendly hospitality without the frills. Read on.
Top-scoring red and white in Platter’s 2025 SA Wine Guide, Saronsberg Shiraz 2022 and Diemersdal Wild Horseshoe Sauvignon Blanc '23, and top Pinotage, Diemersdal Journal '22.
The panel at the SA Terroir Wine Awards thought it was rather special when assessed pre-release in mid-2024. From outside Stanford. Chenin crossed with Trebbiano. Read on.
Focusing on some of the whites and reds that rank among the absolute favourites in the 2025 edition of Platter's South African Wine Guide. Beginning with WO Elgin and Constantia.
Featured
Every South African wine judged very good to world-class by the top tasting panels on the planet in 2023 and 2024.
Showcasing the top places to eat at in the winelands of South Africa, i.e. on the farms, among the vines.
Words on wine from around the world, over the ages, by the famous and the not so famous, some by those whose names we’ve forgotten.
EVERY South African wine at under R150 a bottle to receive a very good review from one or more of the top panels in the past six (6) months.
A glossary of various wine terms, plus tips on cellaring and serving wine… About what’s in the glass, bottle sizes and more.
The sauce or the marinade, the herbs and spices… What goes with the food is often more important than the main ingredient when choosing what to drink.
SA Wine Classification 2025
South Africa’s most highly rated wines over the past 10 years – best track records from 2015 to 2024
The SA Wine & Cellar Classifications, updated annually since 2004, are based on the top ratings by the most respected panels locally and internationally when it comes to assessing wine quality and interest value in a ‘blind tasting’ environment – the identities of the wines and their producers withheld so as to avoid positive or negative bias in terms of brand status, the origin of the grapes and the location of the cellars.
