Decanter critics loving Pinotage, Winemag brains trust not so much
THE “SECOND EVER” panel-tasting of Pinotage by Decanter in the UK was described by judge Greg Sherwood MW as “a huge success”, with the results published in the Feb […]
2021 Cape Blend Competition winners no strangers to the podium
WITH THEIR achievements in the 2021 edition of the Perold Absa Cape Blend Competition, the five winners showed once again how consistently good their wines are as combos with Pinotage […]
Top 10 competition showcases consistency of leading Pinotages
IS IT JUST a figment of the imagination or does that bottle of Stellenbosch 1679 stand out front and foremost among the 2021 Absa Top 10? Picture (above) courtesy of the […]
And then there were 20… The 2021 Top 10 Pinotage Competition Finalists
IN A SOMEWHAT quiet build-up, the names of the finalists in the Pinotage Association’s 2021 Absa Top 10 competition were disclosed via social media without so much as a tweet! Twenty […]
‘Grand Pinotage’ from six leading estates taking variety to new heights
RAISING THE BAR, six members of the Pinotage Association have teamed up to launch a collection of their finest – new ‘Grand Pinotage’ wines that sell by the case only, […]
None of Platter’s 28 ‘Wines of the Year’ from their ‘Winery of the Year’?
IN THE 2021 edition of Platter’s South African Wine Guide, the number of 5 Star laureates runs to 210 – in the 2020 edition there were 125, a year before […]
Changing of the guard? Lovely Pinotage but few top seeds in Absa Top 10
THERE WERE PLENTY of regulars at the top of the SA Wine Classification included among the 20 finalists of the 2020 Absa Top 10 Pinotage Competition, but by the time […]
Beyerskloof, Kaapzicht and Wellington Pinotages excel on two fronts
REGULAR LAUREATES at the Pinotage Association’s annual Top 10 awards, Rijk’s of Tulbagh and Beyerskloof of Stellenbosch have fared particularly well again in 2020, each with more than one wine […]
How unfortunate to see a South African wine guide get it so wrong
SADLY, the South African Wine Index (SAWi) is losing credibility as an annual guide to the country’s best wines, the grand gold and platinum bottle stickers that signify inclusion in […]
