12 bottles of Mullineux Semillon sell for R50K – CWG Auction
THE 2024 VINTAGE of Mullineux ‘The Gris’ Semillon WO Swartland fetched the top price at the 2025 Cape Winemakers Guild Auction conducted by Strauss & Co at the Lord Charles […]
A hundred years in the making… A future still unfolding
Bellevue, the estate behind the world’s first bottled Pinotage sold to the public, continues to uphold a century of heritage with every vintage. To rediscover Bellevue Wine Estate is to […]
Paul René invites wine- and fun-lovers to a Splash of Pink
Paul René Cap Classique will again host the annual Splash of Pink Bubbly Festival in Robertson – just 1km or so outside the town on the McGregor road. Monica and […]
South Africa’s standouts at the Global Fine Wine Challenge
THERE’S a fair bit to like about the Global Fine Wine Challenge in Sydney, Australia, however it’s not without its downsides. On the upside there’s the rivalry that comes with […]
Standout Pinotages aplenty in 2025… Pity about the festival
IT WAS disappointing news for the wine-loving public looking forward to the Pinotage festival scheduled for 11 October 2025 at the Meerendal estate in Durbanville outside Cape Town – a […]
Groot Phesantekraal Syrah one of the go-to reds of the year
SCORED 97 points and the international judges’ joint favourite overall at the 2025 Trophy Wine Show, Groot Phesantekraal’s 2023 Syrah was released at under R200pb – a great bargain relative […]
South Africa’s top organic wines according to the top panels
IT GOES without saying that ideally we’d like our wine to be made as naturally as possible. Good health all round please. However, while many wine producers proudly claim to […]
Steenberg, Graham Beck & Kleine Zalze excel in MCC Challenge
IT WAS ONLY a matter of time… 2019 was when winemaker Elunda Basson took charge of the cellar at the Beck Family Estates’ Steenberg farm in Tokai on the Constantia […]
A rather rare, very unusual wine… Jordan Assyrtiko
IN 2019, the Jordan Estate in Stellenbosch Kloof was the first South African wine producer to plant Assyrtiko, a white, Greek grape variety indigenous to the island of Santorini… 2022 […]
New Free State festival among top SA wine event temptations
SOME HAVE never heard of Clarens. Whereas art lovers and folk who enjoy South African road trips might well have chanced upon it, a little village in the Free State […]
Grand Constance well down the road of maintaining rich legacy
IT’S NOT the first time that Groot Constantia Grand Constance has placed among the Top 10 gold medallists at Muscats du Monde in Burgundy, France. In July 2025 it was […]
Can’t talk SA Chenin without a punt for Stellenrust and FMC
THE WINNERS of South Africa’s 2025 Chenin Blanc Top 10 Challenge – convened by the Chenin Blanc Association and sponsored by Standard Bank – brought to 33 the various expressions […]