HIGH up in the Cederberg mountains to the south-east and north-east of Clanwilliam and Citrusdal respectively… Amazing that they thought to plant grape vines up there among the rocks, the highest vineyards in South Africa’s Western Cape with those cold, snowy winters. And so successfully! The Nieuwoudt family’s winery is the
CRAZY, or not? South Africa’s Wine Certification Authority will not disclose what wines it has certified in terms of where the grapes come from, e.g. Wine of Origin Piekenierskloof, WO Paardeberg, WO Polkadraai Hills, WO Elgin, WO Elim, etc. If you want to know the names of everything that originated
DEBUT VINTAGE and already a champion! Scored 97/100 and winner of the trophy for best blend at the 2026 Investec Trophy Wine Show: the Rhône-style Zwartwater Red Blend 2024 from the farm Lammershoek, established as far back as 1718 in the foothills of the Paardeberg mountain outside Malmesbury. Shiraz is
THREE YEARS in a row! Stark-Condé‘s victory at South Africa’s 2026 Trophy Wine Show, where their 2025 Monk Stone Chenin Blanc was judged Best Organic Wine, followed triumphs with their Round Mountain Sauvignon Blanc 2023 and Three Pines Syrah 2022 that won the same trophy at the 2024 and 2025
Brookdale Estate has released its latest vintages, including its first Grenache Noir, vintage 2025, and Grenache Blanc 2025, of which fewer than 1000 bottles were produced. The new wines join Brookdale’s Old Vine Chenin Blanc 2024, two blended whites – the Bradbourne Estate Blend 2025 and the Sixteen Field Blend
GREAT VALUE! Every wine from South Africa at under R200pb scored 95+ in authoritative panel tasting reports during the past six months – November 2025 to April 2026: CHENIN BLANC Durbanville Hills Collectors Reserve Chenin Blanc 2024 Rated 96/100 in Platter’s Guide R165pb ex-cellar, Durbanville Leeuwenkuil Reserve Chenin Blanc
ABRIE Beeslaar. A quiet, modest winemaker who keeps his cards close to his chest. Former cellarmaster at the renowned Kanonkop estate, three-time recipient of the Winemaker of the Year award at the International Wine & Spirits Competition (2008, 2015, 2017) and a member of the exclusive Cape Winemaker’s Guild, he
The release of the 2025 white wines from Cavalli celebrates the latest chapter in the re-positioning of the Smith family’s estate in the Helderberg. Over the past five years, and particularly since the appointment of acclaimed Cape Winemaker’s Guild member Rianie Strydom in 2023, the team’s focus on precision, site
THE MOST established of the Cape Bordeaux red blends in the flagship range of wines from Gary and Kathy Jordan’s estate in Stellenbosch Kloof honours the family heritage as master cobblers. First farmed back in the 1700s, the property was acquired by third-generation shoemaker Ted and Sheelagh Jordan in 1982
GRENACHE Noir is referred to as the ‘abalone’ of South African grapes, according to De Kleine Wijn Kelder on the Tulbagh farm Drie Fonteine. “So skaars soos hoendertande,” says winemaker Wynand Grobler, “as scarce as hens’ teeth.” Which gave rise to the name of the wine, of which the 2023
FOLLOWING the annual general price increases effected by many South African wine producers at the beginning of March ’26, listings of the country’s wines most highly rated by the top panels over the past year have been revised accordingly: click here. For the Cape’s wines highly rated by the top
FROM the 2026 vintage, the Mullineux wines made using grapes originating on the home farm on the Kasteelberg outside Riebeek Kasteel in the Swartland will be certified organic and then some… The Roundstone estate’s vineyards are the first in South Africa to be certified as Regenerative Organic, a globally recognised
