Go Wellington – wine route revival prompts closer inspection
ODDLY ENOUGH, not all of the cellars in Wellington are members of the local wine route. Not officially, that is. For example, Mischa Estate to the north and Napier Vineyards […]
A rather rare, very unusual wine… Bosman Family Vineyards Nero
SOME WINES are pretty much ‘one of a kind’, almost incomparable. Some of them from the Cape winelands… Nero is the first and only South African wine to be made […]
Hemel-en-Aarde winelands checklist: where to go, and what for
MANY WOULD ARGUE that their Chardonnay is more impressive than their Pinot, and they make some other outstanding wines here too – with a number of the cellars’ beauties originating […]
Trophy Wine Show Superstars: Diemersdal, Thokozani, De Grendel
DURBANVILLE and Wellington cellars emerged as the superstars of South Africa’s 2021 Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show, with Diemersfontein’s Thokozani Cabernet Franc 2019 and De Grendel Op die Berg Chardonnay […]
Niche, obscure, extraordinary varieties… ‘Unusuals’ well worth exploring
THERE ARE good reasons why Cabernet and Merlot, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, Shiraz and Sauvignon Blanc have come to be the most widely planted grape varieties in many wine-producing countries […]
