What's Up
Interesting omissions from Top 6 in 2024 Perold Cape Blend Competition, but just as interesting are newcomers including Pilot & Navigator, Nineteenfortyone and The Gift. Read on.
Two Plettenberg Bay wineries among top achievers at 2024 Cap Classique Challenge, with Best in Class honours going to Newstead, De Wetshof, Villiera, Graham Beck and Simonsig. Read on.
The only sparkling wine producer in the Cape's Hemel-en-Aarde, Domaine des Dieux to become one of the select group of Cap Classique houses where they make nothing but… Read on.
“We make wine that moves mountains,” according to Tokara, and, with the launch of their Simonsberg Cabernet Sauvignon and the release of their latest Telos, they mean business. More.
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 & Cellar Classifications
South Africa’s most highly rated wines over the past 10 years – the best track records from 2014 to 2023 (inclusive)
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.
