THE LAUNCH of Platter’s 41st South African Wine Guide has not gone smoothly, to say the least. In advance of the hardcopy version reaching the book stores, the publishers chose to announce the recipients of their awards bit by bit in a fashion that was frustrating, if not irritating, and somewhat confusing – even for some of those on the
Read more“THERE WE WERE, just thinking that this current prohibition, imposed under the guise of limiting the spread of Covid, was about to end with Wednesday’s presidential announcement [13 May 2020].” By ‘Wine Wizard’ Michael Fridjhon, courtesy of Port2Port, seven weeks into the lockdown imposed by the South African government on 27 March 2020 to limit Coronavirus infections, to flatten the
Read moreWRITING on Winemag.co.za, leading South African wine critic Michael Fridjhon reflects that: “The debate around closures has been part of the world of wine for several decades, and like most matters where belief carries more weight than the facts, it has acquired the intensity of religious dogma. There are several obvious reasons for this: from the moment an alternative to
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