Pinotage on the menu is a thing at the Beyerskloof bistro
PINOTAGE, Pinotage, Pinotage… At the Truter family’s Beyerskloof Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, they call themselves “The Home of Pinotage”, and for good reason. On the winelist, the number of different […]
Small Parcels of wines with interesting backstories
Every three months, members of Caroline’s Quarterly Wine Club look forward to more new discoveries from top South African producers. “Wine lovers can sit back and have our fine selections […]
Paul Sauer, Columella, Vin de Constance… Auction highlights
STELLENBOSCH, Swartland, Constantia… Wine from Kanonkop, the Sadie Family and Klein Constantia were most in demand as regards South African producers represented at Strauss & Co’s ‘2015 Vintage’ online auction […]
A rather rare, very unusual wine… Cederberg Bukettraube
BUKETTRAUBE can be a lovely aromatic white wine, so why is David Nieuwoudt’s outfit among the Cederberg mountains the only top South African producer that makes one? Well, this is […]
Special Discoveries from across the Cape winelands
Every three months, members of Caroline’s Quarterly Wine Club look forward to more new discoveries from top South African producers. “Wine lovers can sit back and have our fine selections […]
A rather rare, very unusual wine… Aliquid Novi Pinotage
A PINOTAGE that originates in a vineyard unlike any other: 24 double rows of vines planted in a fan-like semi-circle to expose the plants to varying amounts of sunlight through […]
SA wine town wine bars… In the villages, on the roadside
STELLENBOSCH, Franschhoek, Paarl, Hermanus, Stanford… Besides those tasting rooms on South Africa’s wine farms, among the vines, there are wine bars in the towns of the country’s winelands that can […]
Boekenhoutskloof Syrah and Sadie Columella star on auction
AT THE timed, online Rhône Theme wine auction conducted by Strauss & Co on 10 February 2025, somebody paid over R8000 for a bottle of 1997 Syrah from Boekenhoutskloof in […]
Cape Town wine bars 2025… The promise of a good time
IT’S NOT the same as going to the tasting room on a wine farm in amongst the vines, but sometimes a wine bar in town can be just as much […]
The Garland 2020 “silky, effortless” – Platter’s No. 1 Cab
THE GARLAND 2020 from Simonsig in Koelenhof-Stellenbosch is the most highly rated Cabernet Sauvignon in the 2025 edition of Platter’s South African Wine Guide. Five Stars, 97 points on the […]
How much is too much for a tasting in the Cape winelands?
THERE ARE still some cellars on the Cape wine routes of South Africa where they don’t charge you for a sip of their wines, a tasting of what they produce, […]
Wine Deck in Stellenbosch features chef’s ‘unsung heroes’
IT’S A SMALL, narrow outdoor space, but the new Wine Deck at Mill St Bistro in Stellenbosch promises more than you might think at a glance. Where Mill Street intersects with Church […]