Call to enter the Investec Trophy Wine & Trophy Spirits Shows
Enter the 2026 Investec Trophy Wine Show and Investec Trophy Spirits Show competitions now! This year the Trophy Wine Show celebrates its 25th edition. Each year, in the quarter century […]
Best wine lovers’ restaurants and bars in South Africa 2026
IN THE 2026 Star Wine List of the Year competition for Africa and the Middle East, those of Cape Town’s Aubergine restaurant in Barnet Street, Grub & Vine Bree Street […]
Harvest-time tastes & traditions celebrated at La Motte
There are many reasons why harvest time at La Motte is so lovable. The farm is abuzz with an infectious energy, but this special season also celebrates the farm’s French […]
Warwick comes top in Cab Franc tasting by Decanter, UK
CABERNET Franc from the southern hemisphere. 112 wines tasted for the report in the UK’s Decanter Magazine, December ’25 issue. Ten wines rated 95–97 points, including four from South Africa. […]
The 2026 SA Wine Classification & Hall of Fame – Top Wine SA
THE BEST track records over the past 10 years… South Africa’s top wines on a consistent basis, rather than according to a single vintage or two, based on reviews by […]
The Most Highly Rated Red in Platter’s 2026 SA Wine Guide
THE PREVIOUS Heritage Syrah from Leeuwenkuil Family Vineyards was the 2019 vintage, rated 96/100 in Winemag’s 2024 Shiraz Report. No 2020, no 2021, and then POW! A near-perfect score of […]
Leeuwenkuil… Crafting award-winning wines in the Swartland
10 YEARS AGO it wasn’t a name you’d be familiar with on the shelves of wine stores and supermarkets. Today it’s renowned as one of South Africa’s top labels in […]
Reviving the tradition of SA fortified and sweet wines…
OVER 150km / 1½hr drive from Cape Town, at the beach with not a vineyard in sight, The Saldanha Wine & Spirit Co of Adi Badenhorst and his cousin Hein […]
Kaapzicht, Capensis, Meerlust get the thumbs-up from CWG
IT STANDS to reason that because members of the Cape Winemakers Guild include a number of South Africa’s top cellarmasters, and as admission is by invitation only, whenever newcomers are […]
Arum at Boschendal an experience shaped by fire n farm
THE ARUM Restaurant at Boschendal is the newest dining experience at this estate in Franschhoek on the R310 to/from Pniel and Stellenbosch. At the time of writing, with 2025 winding […]
What more appropriate Pinotage to end the centenary with
GUARDIANS of the Pinotage legacy. That’s how they refer to themselves at the Bellevue Wine Estate in Bottelary, Stellenbosch. It’s from this farm, now owned by Marinus Neethling, that the […]
Best Value SA Wine Champs 2025 – Top-Rated @ Under R100
FAIR AND SQUARE. No punches pulled… The trouble with best value competitions specifically for wines below a particular price ceiling concerns the preconceptions and bias associated with judging such categories, […]