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Beyerskloof… Hall of Fame winery, good-value lunch
BEYERSKLOOF. Stellenbosch. Just outside the town on the R304 to the N1. Home to some of South Africa's most highly rated Pinotages and Cape Blends ...
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1st Global Cabernet Franc Masters dominated by… SA
“EXQUISITE” is how the top wines were described by judges at the inaugural Global Cabernet Franc Masters hosted by The Drinks Business publication in the ...
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Beaumont… Hall of Fame winery, good-value lunch
BEAUMONT. Bot River. Just off the N2 between Elgin/Houhoek and Caledon. Home to one of the most highly rated South African Chenins over the past ...
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Some in Top Wine SA Hall of Fame show next level consistency
THERE ARE wine lovers who are obsessed with pecking orders, rankings, insisting on there being one that is best overall, numero uno. Others, while no ...
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Best of The Best Under R250pb – 2024 SA Wine Classification
LESS THAN R100 a bottle for one of the most consistently highly rated wines over the past 10 years might seem impossible, and yet… While ...
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2024 SA Wine Classification – Best Track Records
SOUTH AFRICA'S top wines over the past 10 years – as judged by the top panels of experts around the world. An update of the ...
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Champion Cap Classique, the ‘Joy of Life', not yet sold out
AMAZINGLY, well into 2024 – after the December festivities, months since the wine top-scored at the 2023 Veritas Awards to win the Duimpie Bayly Vertex ...
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Top-notch Grenache! Perfect with fish on a hot summer's day
IT WAS MADE to enjoy when dining on fish, and served chilled, poured at 12°C or so as per most white wines, although it's not… ...
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A number of top SA wine cellars boycott Platter's 2024 guide
IT'S RIDICULOUS! A number of top winery proprietors or cellarmasters in the Cape winelands turned down the invitation to be listed in Platter's 2024 South ...
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Paarl estate Bacco grabs attention a year after opening
ITALIAN for Bacchus, the Roman God of Wine, Bacco is also the name of a new wine estate in the Simonsberg area of Paarl where ...
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Very best value at under R150 a bottle – according to the experts
THE VERY BEST wines of South Africa at under 150 rand a bottle as reviewed by the top panels of experts locally and internationally in ...
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Stellenbosch Res steps up a gear… Haskell winds it down…
IT'S GOODBYE to the Longtable restaurant at Haskell Vineyards and hello to Stellenbosch Reserve – for lunch (Tue-Sun) and dinner (Thu-Sat), classy yet casual, and ...
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Hemel-en-Aarde Pinot Noir shines in Decanter panel-tasting
FOR THE December 2023 issue of Decanter Magazine in the UK, a panel comprising Masters of Wine Anne Krebiehl (chair), Justin Knock and Dirceu Vianna ...
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What a debut! ‘Eerste Ry' Cab triumphs beyond expectation
WHAT WERE the odds! Okay, so the 2019 wasn't quite the maiden vintage of Beyerskloof's Eerste Ry Cab – the 2018 and 2019 were released ...
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GFW Challenge winners include new Paarl star and a donkey…
BEFORE being honoured with a trophy at the Global Fine Wine Challenge in Sydney, Australia, Tokara's 2020 Director's Reserve White blend was a 95-pointer at ...
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Vondeling now just up the road from Fairview and Spice Route
IF YOUR WINERY is fairly off the beaten track, perhaps your tasting room isn't attracting quite as many guests as you'd like and you want ...
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Sadie Family in the limelight again, and again, and again…
AS IF it had been stage-managed! Just over a week after The Sadie Family was lauded for the umpteenth time as South Africa's top cellar ...
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Sprankel! Babylonstoren top Cap Classique in Platter's guide
2018 is the eighth vintage of Babylonstoren's Cap Classique. How time flies! The bottle-fermented sparkler has a good track record and this year could be ...
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New lunch spot on Simonsberg Wine Route, Stellenbosch
IF YOU DEFINE the Simonsberg Wine Route in Stellenbosch as including those cellars on either side of the R44 between the boundary with Paarl to ...
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Finest restaurants in the Cape winelands – 2023/24 update
THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT… The Top 3 places to eat at on South African wine farms are Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia, La Colombe at Silvermist ...
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5 scored 98 in Platter's guide: 3 Chenins, 1 Pinotage, 1 Shiraz
[spacer height=”20px” id=”2″]THERE are SIX producers in various parts of the Cape winelands who are most applauded in the 2024 edition of Platter's South African ...
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Most highly rated Cap Classique sparkling wines in 2023
THE TOP sparklers from South Africa are applauded around the world, not just locally. Some of them are now commanding prices in line with Champagne, ...
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Most highly rated red blends from South Africa in 2023
THESE ARE the red blends from South Africa's winelands that most impressed the top panels internationally in 2023 to date, with by far the majority ...
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Most highly rated white blends from South Africa in 2023
FOR A WHILE longer at least, most of South Africa's leading blended whites remain combinations of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, but the number of outstanding ...
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Most highly rated Shiraz / Syrah from South Africa in 2023
SOME SAY Shiraz, some say Syrah… These are South Africa's top-rated expressions of the variety from the top panels of wine judges internationally during 2023 ...
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Most highly rated Sauvignon Blanc from South Africa in 2023
IF YOU LIKE Sauvignon Blanc, no doubt you'll love these beauties – the most glowing reviews of South African expressions by the top panels of ...
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Most highly rated Pinotage in 2023 – top panels have voted
‘BORN' in South Africa and, at its best, one of the country's delightful ambassadors. These are the expressions of Pinotage that really wowed the top ...
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Most highly rated Chenin Blanc from South Africa in 2023
SOUTH AFRICA'S Chenin Blanc is such a strong category and getting stronger, pulling ahead of France, with over 40 wines receiving particularly good reviews from ...
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Most highly rated Cabernet Sauvignon of South Africa in 2023
WHEN IT COMES TO South African Cab, there's no question as to which part of the country's winelands dominates the category. Not that Stellenbosch has ...
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Most highly rated Chardonnay from South Africa in 2023
OH FOR A BOTTLE or a case of each! The panels of experts have spoken… See below for the honours roll when it comes to ...
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