AT THE TIME of writing there were fewer than 400 bottles / 60 cases left at the cellar in Paarl. Which is hardly surprising, given that it was a trophy winner at the International Wine & Spirit Competition, UK, and a 95-pointer at the Veritas Awards, SA. There was a
AND THEN there were two… Many who love wining and dining in South Africa’s Cape winelands have fond memories of lunching alfresco on the lawn at De Meye Estate along the Muldersvlei Road in Stellenbosch, up the way from Elsenburg College. Well, since mid-November ’24, the same team behind The
CONTRARY TO what some people might think, certain wine producer trophy laureates at the mega International Wine & Spirit Competition in the UK are determined less according to the quality and interest value of the wine and more according to the producer’s response to a questionnaire covering a range of
OF THE 36 South African gold medallists chosen from nearly 7000 wines entered in the 2024 International Wine & Spirit Competition (UK), three went on to win trophies, with two of them going to the Vilafonté cellar in Stellenbosch (vineyards in Simonsberg-Paarl) and one to the Perdeberg cellar alongside the
YOU CAN’T miss it as you leave Hermanus and motor along the R320 between the vineyards and up the hill out of the ‘Hemel-en-Aarde Valley’ towards the ‘Upper’ reaches and the ‘Ridge’ en route to Caledon – big pink panels on the side of the cellar and an invitation to
THREE CAPE wine farm restaurants have retained their rankings among THE most highly rated establishments in the annual JHP Gourmet Guide to South Africa’s best fine-dining destinations, with 13 more making the cut for the Top 50. In the 2025 edition of the online publication, as per the 2024 edition,
RELEASED exclusively to their club members when launched a few months earlier but then made available to all wine lovers, Graham Beck Pinot Meunier 2022 is the first and only Cap Classique sparkling wine on the market that’s made purely from Pinot Meunier, one of the three grape varieties traditionally
Six exceptional wines, passionately crafted for discerning palates in the relentless pursuit of excellence – the expression of head winemaker Alvi van der Merwe’s drive to explore, to create, to reimagine. For many years, Alvi pursued a medical career abroad, but no matter where life took him, his country of
THE DOUBLE GOLD winners at the 2024 Veritas Awards have disclosed what the competition organisers will not… Apart from presenting the Vertex trophy for the most highly rated of the double gold laureates, the powers that be at South Africa’s biggest, longest-running wine show stop short of distinguishing between the
THE TOP price paid at Strauss & Co’s timed, online Bordeaux-themed auction concluded on 21 October ’24 was R32 830 (US$1862) for a bottle of South Africa’s GS Cabernet 1966 – higher than the R25 795 (US$1463) paid at the sale for a bottle of 1982 Mouton Rothschild, one of
OF THE 61 entries from the 48 producers who submitted their wines for assessment in the 2024 Prescient Cabernet Sauvignon Report published by Winemag.co.za, 28 rated 90 points or more on a 100-point scale. However, only eight wines scored 93 or 94 and not one of South Africa’s Cabs on
NOT MANY wine producers have access to vineyards in the Elandskloof valley of the Overberg district, Western Cape. Anthonij Rupert Wyne of Franschhoek is one of them, and the Chardonnay grapes from Johann Rupert’s Altima Estate just north of Villiersdorp make for a winner under the Cape of Good Hope
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