Vilafonté the Most Outstanding Wine Producer at IWSC 2024
OF THE 36 South African gold medallists chosen from nearly 7000 wines entered in the 2024 International Wine & Spirit Competition (UK), three went on to win trophies, with two […]
Flagstone Paradigm: Best Overall in Winemag’s Chenin Report
THERE WERE 75 single-variety South African Chenins submitted for assessment in Winemag’s 2024 Prescient Chenin Blanc Report, with 49 rated 90-plus and three of these regarded as particularly outstanding, worthy […]
Hunting for top wines from South Africa’s really old vines
SOUTH AFRICA’S old-vine wine certification requires that the plants should be more advanced in years than the majority, however some would argue that the authorities haven’t gone far enough. To […]
Brookdale Chenin fulfilling the promise of old vines, WO Paarl
FOR MANY of us enjoying the wine routes of South Africa over the festive season in 2022/23, there’ll be a new destination we can’t wait to explore. A Paarl estate […]
Time and again, Stellenrust shows how it’s done with really old vines
TOP WINE SA Hall of Fame, one of the Top 100 in the 2022 SA Wine Classification, among South Africa’s Top 10 Chenins and one of the country’s Wines of the Year […]
SA wines from really old vines up to several dozen and counting
OLD AGE isn’t always a good thing when it comes to grape vines, but man, in many instances, can it make a positive difference to what’s in the glass! Big […]
