Top Wine SA 2022: South Africa’s most highly rated wines of the year, according to panels of experts locally and internationally, which also have impressive track records
THE LIMIETBERG can seem somewhat unreal at times. The light can play tricks on the mountains above those green valleys, although the rocky slopes can indeed be pretty red. Blood red even. Hence the name of the flagship Malbec from Doolhof Wine Estate in Wellington – the ‘Bloedklip’ 2018 having
STEAK, burger, gnocchi and trout; or cheese and charcuterie platters. Nothing complicated at the new restaurant of Alto Wine Estate on the Helderberg in Stellenbosch. “A small but indulgent menu using smoked elements and locally sourced ingredients to pair with our wines,” says the chef. One of the Top 100
ELGIN is best known for Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc… Merlot less so. Chenin Blanc even less so. Yet Elgin Merlot and Chenin are what Cape wine producers excelled with most at the 2022 Global Fine Wine Challenge, hosted in Sydney, with the competing nations including Australia, Canada, New Zealand,
28 WINES were assessed in the 2022 Malbec Challenge (SA). By the end of the day: 13 gold medallists, one winner. On the panel: professional wine judge Carrie Adams (chair), sommelier Gregory Mutambe and social media marketer Janine van Zyl (First Pour). Event coordinator: Celia Gilloway. “The tiny, thick-skinned little
THE SWARTLAND Survivor Pinotage had impressed for quite a while before the appointment of Pierre Wahl as cellarmaster in January 2022. So much to look forward to in due course with ‘The Pope of Pinotage’ now in charge. After four years at the Friedman family’s Môreson cellar in Franschhoek, followed
IT’S NOT a variety that the Cape is famous for, and yet! Of the 118 wines from 17 countries entered in the 2022 Drinks Business Global Malbec Masters held in the UK, one of the 10 to emerge top of the class was a South African: Doolhof Bloedklip 2018, WO
IT WAS ‘all’ about Alheit at Strauss & Co’s ‘Young Guns’ wine auction. Well, Crystallum got a look-in with their Pinot Noir, but otherwise the attention of the big spenders was focused mainly on the Chenin Blancs of winemaker Chris Alheit – he who is based on the Ridge in
THE Top Wine SA Uber Value Wine of the Year: Treaty Tree Reserve Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2019 from the Flagstone cellar outside Somerset West! A 97-point gold medallist at the Veritas Awards (SA), class winner at the National Wine Challenge (SA) and the most highly rated wine at the SA
WELL HOW about that! Following the announcement of the “pinnacle” awards in Platter’s 2023 South African Wine Guide and still in advance of the 744-page printed version becoming available, the publishers have divulged the scores of the 8000-plus wines reviewed in this, the 43rd edition of the book retailing at
WHO SAW that coming! With Chef Johannes Richter in charge of the kitchen, The Livingroom at Summerhill Guest Estate outside Durban has been named Restaurant of the Year at South Africa’s 2022 Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards. Best in the Cape winelands? La Colombe at Silvermist in Constantia Nek, where
ANNOUNCED in advance of the book going on sale at retail stores around 10 December, the award winners showcased in the 2023 edition of Platter’s South African Wine Guide include 26 Wines of the Year and 196 Five Star laureates. To achieve a 5 Star rating requires a score of
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