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Six wooded beauties among 2024 Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10
Mike Froud
2024-10-17
THE VARIETY is “in an exciting phase,” said Sauvignon Blanc South Africa chair RJ Botha during the association's 2024 Top 10 awards presented at De ...
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2024 Veritas champion a leading ambassador for Cape Blends
Mike Froud
2024-10-15
OVER THE YEARS, it's been one of South Africa's most highly rated blended red wines – not only according to experts at the Veritas Awards ...
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Alto Rouge reaches milestone with 100th consecutive vintage
Mike Froud
2024-10-09
South African icon wine estate Alto, situated on the slopes of Stellenbosch’s Helderberg, celebrates an extraordinary milestone in 2024 with the release of the 100th ...
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Mullineux sets new record price for white wine at CWG Auction
Mike Froud
2024-10-08
THE ART of wine… Wine in art… Sponsored by Nedbank, the Cape Winemakers Guild (CWG) Auction and, in particular, the showcase tasting events during the ...
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Wine Concepts invitation to a Chardonnay & Pinot Celebration
Mike Froud
2024-10-07
Wine Concepts proudly presents their 12th annual exclusive Chardonnay & Pinot Noir Celebration taking place at Moyo Restaurant in Kirstenbosch on Thursday 17th October from ...
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New releases from La Motte: Chardonnay 2023, Syrah 2020
Mike Froud
2024-10-04
La Motte’s trusted pair of Syrah and Chardonnay are made exclusively from Franschhoek grapes, and you can taste it. “La Motte’s terroir contributes a beautiful ...
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Spier's masterful feats on Chenin front go back many vintages
Mike Froud
2024-10-03
ONE OF the top dozen or so SA Chenins over the past 10 years, Spier 21 Gables' Master Award with the 2022 vintage at the ...
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Pinotage Association's 2024 Top 10 champions revisited
Mike Froud
2024-10-01
ON RELEASE, the 2024 Absa Top 10 Pinotage Competition results were trumpeted to and from all corners of South Africa's Cape winelands and then out ...
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Top 6 at Perold Cape Blend awards include five newcomers
Mike Froud
2024-09-30
WHO CAN remember when last The Mentors Perold from KWV of Paarl wasn't included among the finalists of South Africa's Perold Cape Blend Competition! A ...
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Another win for Plett's Newstead at Cap Classique Challenge
Mike Froud
2024-09-20
NUMBER TWO and counting… Newstead Lund Family Vineyards of Plettenberg Bay claimed their first victory at the Amorim Cap Classique Challenge in 2020, with the ...
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Winning Pinotage from Jonathan's Ridge, Springfontein
Mike Froud
2024-09-20
JUDGED the best wine overall at the 2024 South African Terroir Wine Awards, the success of the 2018 vintage of Jonathan's Ridge Single Vineyard Pinotage ...
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An invitation to revel in the marvels of the Cape winelands
Mike Froud
2024-09-17
There’s nothing elitist or intimidating about it. Think of it as going wine-routing, exploring the length, breadth and every corner of the South African winelands ...
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Organic Wines South Africa intent on significant growth
Mike Froud
2024-09-16
IT IS ESTIMATED that as of 2024 the two to three dozen organic wineries in South Africa account for less than 1% of the country's ...
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Cap Classique house Des Dieux joins club of specialists
Mike Froud
2024-09-15
IT WAS NOT that long ago that Domaine des Dieux was making headlines with Chardonnay, scoring 96 at the Decanter World Wine Awards in the ...
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Méthode Ancestrale, Pét Nat… Is it catching on in the Cape?
Mike Froud
2024-09-11
AA Badenhorst outside Malmesbury in the Swartland was one of the pioneers of South African bubbly made ‘the original way' invented by the French in ...
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Tokara aims to set new benchmark for SA Cabernet
Mike Froud
2024-09-05
FOR THE Ferreiras to call the second super-premium wine from their Stellenbosch estate ‘Tokara Simonsberg Cabernet Sauvignon' is intriguing. The vines that the grapes come ...
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Taste the very finest at Caroline's White Wine Review
Mike Froud
2024-09-02
Caroline’s 2024 edition of her annual White Wine & Cap Classique Review, hailed as one of the most prestigious tasting events on the South ...
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Stellenbosch dominates Chenin Blanc Challenge once again
Mike Froud
2024-08-31
BESIDES the incredible achievement of Stellenrust, who won three of the Top 10 awards for the second year in succession, the results of the 2024 ...
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Top SA Wine Tips at Under R150 – March to August '24
Mike Froud
2024-08-30
SOUTH AFRICA'S top-rated wines during the six months to date that are priced at under R150 a bottle – March to August 2024. These are ...
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Top 10 Pinotage laureates all benchmarks in their own right
Mike Froud
2024-08-29
NO SURPRISES among the 2024 Absa Top 10 Pinotage trophy winners. They all have good pedigrees, so to speak, with those having top track records ...
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6 of the Best SA Bordeaux-style Blends, Sauvignons – Winemag
Mike Froud
2024-08-28
A 96-POINT rating for a blended white from Somerset West, scores of 95/100 for three other white combos from cellars in Constantia, Durbanville and Stellenbosch, ...
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Stellenbosch prevails at Global Chenin Blanc Masters, UK
Mike Froud
2024-08-26
HOW ABOUT THAT!! While the good people at Spier in Stellenbosch were introducing Farmer Angus, the new flagship range among their organic wine offerings, another ...
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Nederburg Winemasters Shiraz up to the Challenge once again
Mike Froud
2024-08-19
DEMORGENZON, Kleine Zalze and Spier of Stellenbosch, Leeuwenkuil of Paarl, Lomond of Gansbaai in Cape Agulhas, Saronsberg of Tulbagh, Survivor from Overhex in Worcester… Names ...
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Consistently good Pinotage best overall at SA Terroir Awards
Mike Froud
2024-08-17
ONE OF JUST two dozen or so farms in South Africa producing wines officially certified as organic, Springfontein outside Stanford has been one of the ...
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Comin around again… Over R56K bid for Vin de Constance '86
Mike Froud
2024-08-13
NOT A RECORD price for the 1986 Vin de Constance, but pretty darn close! The R56K+ (US$3098) fetched for a bottle during the August '24 ...
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Jordan's fabulous food n wine… swimming not recommended
Mike Froud
2024-08-09
IS THERE anybody who's a fan of South Africa's Stellenbosch wine route and who hasn't yet seen or heard about the croc across the water ...
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A rather rare, very unusual wine… Klein Amoskuil's Fino Sherry
Mike Froud
2024-07-24
AT THE TIME of writing, the bone-dry Fino-style sherry from the farm Klein Amoskuil in the Malmesbury ward of the Swartland district was the only ...
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South Africa punches above its weight at Syrah Masters
Mike Froud
2024-07-19
REPORTING on the 2024 Global Syrah Masters for The Drinks Business publication in London, Master of Wine Patricia Stefanowicz compared the Shiraz plantings of France, ...
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Array of styles accommodated among Top 5 in Pinotage Report
Mike Froud
2024-07-16
AFTER assessing 46 wines for Winemag's 2024 Prescient Pinotage Report, panel chair Christian Eedes remarked on the appealing “new wave” entries led by the 2023 ...
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A rather rare, very unusual wine… Pilgrim Viura (Macabeo)
Mike Froud
2024-07-12
VIURA, also known as Macabeo, is a white wine grape that originated in Spain, where it is an important variety in the regions of Rioja ...
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