Reviving the tradition of SA fortified and sweet wines…
OVER 150km / 1½hr drive from Cape Town, at the beach with not a vineyard in sight, The Saldanha Wine & Spirit Co of Adi Badenhorst and his cousin Hein […]
South Africa’s most highly rated Chardonnay in 2025
THE TOP Chardonnay from South Africa as rated 96+ locally or internationally in 2025 by one or more of the respected panels tasting ‘blind’, i.e. labels out of sight – […]
CWG Auction to present some more of South Africa’s best vino
SOME OF South Africa’s top producers are not members of the Cape Winemakers Guild. Admission is by invitation only, and some who have been invited feel that the Guild is […]
Vondeling now just up the road from Fairview and Spice Route
IF YOUR WINERY is fairly off the beaten track, perhaps your tasting room isn’t attracting quite as many guests as you’d like and you want to bolster your public profile, […]
Leeu Passant Cabernet Franc fetches top price at CWG Auction
FROM A SINGLE, east-facing vineyard in Franschhoek, planted around the time that Leeu Passant was founded just 10 years ago, “this is the first release of this stunning and classy […]
Three 95-point ratings in Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report
59 WINES from 49 producers were reviewed for Winemag’s 2023 Report on Cape Bordeaux Red Blends, i.e. combinations of two or more of the varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, […]
Where to lunch on a wine farm today, tomorrow, next week…
R300 FOR a good sirloin or pepper-crusted fillet with fries, salad and a decent glass of red. Or R300 for salmon, potatoes, greens and a decent glass of white. On […]
Wonderful wines of the Agulhas Triangle – according to the experts
WHAT WITH the Agulhas Triangle festival among the highlights on the wine calender end-October 2021, those in attendance at Lomond outside Gansbaai – or those who might have dreamt of […]
Maestro Red rated ‘extraordinary, profound’ – Cape Bordeaux Report
HOW ABOUT THAT! Two of South Africa’s top-scoring wines in the 2021 Prescient Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report come from cellars in Stellenbosch Kloof, the third from a winery a […]
Wondering about the most expensive wines? What the world records are?
WHEN DISTELL submitted a little bottle of 200-year-old Grand Constance dessert wine for sale on the 2021 Cape Fine & Rare Wine Auction it was estimated to fetch R80 000 […]
More than ‘braai wine’, Bonfire Hill thanks to a rescue mission of sorts
FOR JUST R69 a bottle you can get a delicious blend of Chenin and Roussanne from Wellington, Grenache Blanc from the Breedekloof and Viognier from Robertson – a mix […]
