Pinotage a variety that Koelenhof Winery is rather good at
FROM a vineyard that recently turned 50, the current-release 2022 Stellenbosch 1679 Old Vine Pinotage is probably the best vintage of this wine since the maiden 2019. Its rating of […]
High Road, Lynx and Asara lead the charge at ‘Fine Wine Awards’
THREE wines top-scored at South Africa’s 2025 Fine Wine Awards: the 2020 vintage of The High Road Director’s Reserve from Les Sweiden’s cellar at Bosman’s Crossing in Stellenbosch where Miles […]
Small Parcels of wines with interesting backstories
Every three months, members of Caroline’s Quarterly Wine Club look forward to more new discoveries from top South African producers. “Wine lovers can sit back and have our fine selections […]
Special Discoveries from across the Cape winelands
Every three months, members of Caroline’s Quarterly Wine Club look forward to more new discoveries from top South African producers. “Wine lovers can sit back and have our fine selections […]
Taste the very finest at Caroline’s White Wine Review
Caroline’s 2024 edition of her annual White Wine & Cap Classique Review, hailed as one of the most prestigious tasting events on the South African wine calendar, will be […]
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 […]
Five trophies for South Africa at Global Fine Wine Challenge, Sydney
A COMPETITION of which the results are talked up in stages, the Global Fine Wine Challenge in Sydney picks up where the Six Nations Wine Challenge left off in 2019, […]
Best SA wine shops? On land, online, anywhere in the country
WHO ARE the best of the specialists when it comes to SA wine retailers? See below for the prime candidates in South Africa, but have we left out anyone, any […]
Fine wine about quality and interest value, but what else?
A FEW DECADES ago, wine lovers looking for recommendations as to which South African reds, whites or sweets were a cut above the rest might have relied on certification that […]
