Year after year… Apogée among best of the best SA Pinot Noir
YOU CAN’T miss it as you leave Hermanus and motor along the R320 between the vineyards and up the hill out of the ‘Hemel-en-Aarde Valley’ towards the ‘Upper’ reaches and […]
Cap Classique house Des Dieux joins club of specialists
IT WAS NOT that long ago that Domaine des Dieux was making headlines with Chardonnay, scoring 96 at the Decanter World Wine Awards in the UK, winning the trophy for […]
Cape Chardonnay impresses at IWC 2024
CHARDONNAYS from Lothian Vineyards of Elgin and Whalehaven of Hermanus were South Africa’s top-scoring gold medallists at the 2024 International Wine Challenge in London. The 2022 vintage from Lothian and […]
Hemel-en-Aarde Pinot Noir shines in Decanter panel-tasting
FOR THE December 2023 issue of Decanter Magazine in the UK, a panel comprising Masters of Wine Anne Krebiehl (chair), Justin Knock and Dirceu Vianna Junior assessed 134 Pinot Noirs […]
Most highly rated red blends from South Africa in 2023
THESE ARE the red blends from South Africa’s winelands that most impressed the top panels internationally in 2023 to date, with by far the majority of them – those highlighted […]
Podlashuk Shiraz trophy goes to Pinot specialist Creation …
THE RESULTS of the 2023 Shiraz SA Challenge provided plenty of talking points. For example: Flagstone of the Strand/Somerset West grabbed two awards, one for a ‘Dark Horse’ with one […]
A rather rare, very unusual wine… Newton Johnson Albariño
ALSO KNOWN as Alvarinho in Spain and Portugal where it is used to make white wines including Vinho Verde, the Albariño grape was used for the first time in South […]
Des Dieux does it again at Cap Classique Challenge, and yet…
DOMAINE des Dieux’s win at the 2022 Amorim Cork Cap Classique Challenge was their third, having also been applauded as Best Producer in the 2018 and 2014 editions of the […]
IWC judges prefer top SA Pinot Noir to top SA Cab, Shiraz…
THE PRICE of over R1000 a bottle puts Bouchard Finlayson’s flagship Pinot Noir from the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley into the realm of South Africa’s luxury wines, although for less than half […]
April 22 Auction Highlights: Crystallum, Storm, Newton Johnson
AT THE SA fine wine auction by Strauss & Co on 3 April 2022, highlights of the sale focusing on three top Pinot Noir and Chardonnay producers in the Hemel-en-Aarde […]
Top Sunday Cellars in the Cape Winelands – 2022 Update
EVEN WHEN IT comes to the Top 100 Cellars on the various wine routes of South Africa, not all of them are open to the public for tastings and sales […]
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 […]
