Prices updated, availability checked… Top SA wines under R120
SJOE! The Trophy Wine Show got it so right when they honoured the 2019 Thokozani Cabernet Franc as Discovery of the Show in 2022. Best value gold medallist in South […]
Top quality, great value SA Chenin endorsed by Decanter panel, UK
2022 HAD ALREADY got underway when Decanter (UK) announced the names of their Wines of the Year 2021. Experts around the world and on the Decanter team nominated those wines […]
Uber Value 2021: very best South African wines at under R120 pb
THE VERY BEST wines of South Africa at under R120 a bottle in 2021. Recommended by the top panels of wine experts locally and internationally. Better than standard gold (some […]
All the SA Wines of the Year! South Africa’s Most Highly Rated in 2021
IN SUMMARY… South Africa’s White Wines of the Year, Sparkling Cap Classiques of the Year and SA Red Wines of the Year in 2021 – as well as the SA […]
SA Red Wines of the Year! South Africa’s Most Highly Rated in 2021
SOME AWARDS carry more weight than others, and there’s something to be said for a wine that ticks the boxes for a number of top tasting panels. Over 1500 South […]
SA White Wines of the Year! South Africa’s Most Highly Rated in 2021
SOME AWARDS carry more weight than others, and there’s something to be said for a wine that ticks the boxes for a number of top tasting panels. Over 1500 South […]
SA Bubblies of the Year! South Africa’s Most Highly Rated in 2021
SOME AWARDS carry more weight than others, and there’s something to be said for a wine that ticks the boxes for a number of top tasting panels. Over 1500 South […]
Two Centuries Cab looking a little different, tasting as good as ever
THE WORDS ‘Private Bin’ on a bottle of Nederburg no longer mean that the wine was sold exclusively on auction. However, they do still indicate that the winemakers have […]
New-look Platter’s Guide a good showcase. Pity about the no-shows!
SO, THE 2022 edition of Platter’s South African Wine Guide finally arrived on the bookshelves at around R390 a copy – early December instead of late November. At the time […]
Some old people and places worth treasuring, so too with old vines
Old Road Grand-mère Semillon 2017 • Gold Medal, Best in Class at Trophy Wine Show (SA) • Gold Medal at International Wine Challenge (UK) Old Road 12 Mile Syrah 2018 […]
Le Riche shows again that Stellenbosch Cab among very best
THE LE RICHE cellar has always been there or thereabouts when considering South Africa’s leading producers of Cabernet Sauvignon over the past decade or so! However, the last three years […]
Humble KWV red blend evolves into ‘Super Roodeberg’ of note
70 YEARS AGO, who would have imagined what Roodeberg was to become… Dr Charles Niehaus was appointed as KWV’s chief wine scientist in 1941, during World War II, and he […]