And then there were 14 SA SBs with glowing reviews in 2025
JUDGED BEST overall in Winemag.co.za’s 2025 SA Sauvignon Blanc Report sponsored by Prescient, the 2024 vintage of The Journal from Diemersdal is testimony to the good track record and interest […]
Genetics… Stellenzicht’s 2023 Syrah has a lot going for it
JUDGED ‘Best Red Wine Overall’ at the 2025 edition of South Africa’s premier wine competition, the Trophy Wine Show: the 2023 vintage of the Arenite Syrah from Hans von Staff-Reitzenstein’s […]
High Road, Lynx and Asara lead the charge at ‘Fine Wine Awards’
THREE wines top-scored at South Africa’s 2025 Fine Wine Awards: the 2020 vintage of The High Road Director’s Reserve from Les Sweiden’s cellar at Bosman’s Crossing in Stellenbosch where Miles […]
Shiraz SA Challenge points to consistency and great value
HOW MANY of us thought the days of a really good red at under R100 a bottle were behind us… R99pb for one of the Top 12 in the 2025 […]
CWG Auction to present some more of South Africa’s best vino
SOME OF South Africa’s top producers are not members of the Cape Winemakers Guild. Admission is by invitation only, and some who have been invited feel that the Guild is […]
Two SA wine showcases, same day, Cape Town & Stellenbosch
TOWN HALL in Stellenbosch or Palms Centre in Woodstock, Cape Town. Wine Festival or Wine Party ‘Under the Atrium’. The festival gets underway the day before, but Saturday 2 August […]
COY Restaurant for treasured African cuisine, top wine SA
SALSIFY at the Roundhouse on the slopes of Table Mountain in Camps Bay, Cape Town, was judged South Africa’s No. 1 restaurant at the 2025 Eat Out Awards. Chef-Patron Ryan […]
Laborie Blanc de Blancs 2019 surely MCC value champion 2025
THE privately-owned Laborie Estate is down the road from Warshay Investment’s KWV Emporium – both in Paarl, both Cape wineland destinations in their own right, both home to one of […]
Vin de Constance, 1769, Grand Constance and then Gravitas…
GRAVITAS, the first of its kind from Constantia Uitsig, a sweet Muscat de Frontignan, vintage 2020, the fourth Constantia dessert wine on the market since Klein Constantia began the renaissance […]
Tokara Reserve Elgin Sauvignon Blanc a perennial favourite
UNWOODED, scored 95/100 at the Decanter World Wine Awards and 95 points at the International Wine & Spirit Competition, the 2024 Tokara Reserve Elgin Sauvignon Blanc is one of South […]
Definition of a ‘Cape Blend’ still far from set in stone
HOW WAS THAT! A panel tasting report published in the UK’s Decanter magazine focusing on South Africa’s ‘Cape red blends’ that include Pinotage in the mix makes no mention of […]
IWSC top-scorers include SA’s Delaire Graff and Graham Beck
SOUTH AFRICA’S Delaire Graff, Graham Beck, Nederburg, Tokara, Zevenwacht… In the spotlight yet again with six wines in particular following the 2025 International Wine & Spirit Competition based in London […]