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One-of-a-kind Pinot Meunier Cap Classique now for everyone
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 ...
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Taste what’s possible with the Alvi’s Drift Reserve range
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 ...
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Top scores at Veritas revealed! Eight wineries awarded 95+
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 ...
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Bottle of mysterious GS Cabernet 1966 auctioned for R32 830
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 ...
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Winemag declines to give really high score in Cabernet Report
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 ...
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Overberg wine top-scores in South African Chardonnay Report
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 ...
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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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