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 Trophy – the Benguela Cove Cap […]
What does it mean to win double gold at the Veritas Awards?
TO WIN the trophy for top-scoring wine at the Veritas Awards is a fairly big deal! In 2023, there were 1247 entries (including spirits) in what is the biggest, longest-running […]
2022 Bot River winelands checklist: where to go, what to go for
MORE OR LESS equidistant between Elgin and Caledon, the winelands of Bot River extend east of the Houw Hoek Pass and north of the villages Fisherhaven and Hawston on the […]
Semillon the judges’ absolute favourite at Michelangelo Awards
IT WAS JUST a matter of time, some would say. The Benguela Cove estate alongside the Bot River Lagoon on the road to Hermanus has been on many a wine […]
Feeling of déjà vu about latest competition involving ‘heartbreak grape’
THE SECOND annual Mosaic Top 5 Pinot Noir Wine Awards were contested by 42 producers who submitted 64 entries from various areas in South Africa, primarily from the Walker […]
Hemel-en-Aarde’s Creation rated best wine tourism destination in SA
CELEBRATING excellence and innovation, the ‘Great Wine Capitals’ Best Of Wine Tourism Awards recognise the top experiences on offer to those visiting the 11 greatest wine regions of the world, […]
Shiraz Challenge winners hail from 12 different corners of the Cape
DUE TO lockdown restrictions imposed on local drinks industry players in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, announcing the 2020 Shiraz SA Challenge results was a sombre occasion conducted online […]
Bot River Hitlist: wines not to miss – especially on a Spring Weekend
SO PERHAPS you are going to be in Bot River in the Walker Bay district of the Cape South Coast for the Spring Weekend. Or maybe you’re just contemplating this […]
