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Six wooded beauties among 2024 Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

  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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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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