KWV’s Perold chalks up eighth win in Cape Blend competition
THE PINOTAGE Association’s Perold Absa Cape Blend Competition was named in honour of Professor Abraham Izak Perold, the ‘Father of Pinotage’. The focus is on a category of red blends […]
Who says you can no longer get a decent drop for under R100?
MANY WOULD wager that GREAT reviews for wines at under R100 a bottle are a thing of the past. Not so according to the judges assessing what was entered for […]
2022 Paarl winelands checklist: where to go, what to go for
FROM THE FOOTHILLS of Paarl Rock Mountain to the Simonsberg, Voor Paardeberg and beyond, this is a wine route encompassing some of South Africa’s biggest cellars as well as […]
Semillon the judges’ absolute favourite at Michelangelo Awards
IT WAS JUST a matter of time, some would say. The Benguela Cove estate alongside the Bot River Lagoon on the road to Hermanus has been on many a wine […]
Top Cape wine continues to climb in value – especially Chenin
TEN YEARS AGO, the average price of the Top 10 Chenin Blancs according to the 2011 South African Wine Classification was R89 a bottle. Come February 2021 the figure stands […]
Ultra Value from Eagle’s Cliff, Flagstone, Koelenhof, McGregor, Perdeberg
THERE WERE 320 entries in South Africa’s 2020 Ultra Value Wine Challenge. 73 won silver, 64 won gold, 23 wines won double gold and of these 10 were lauded as […]
No holding back Kleine Zalze and Cederberg wines at Concours Mondial
STELLENBOSCH and the Cederberg are where South Africa’s grand gold medallists at Mondial 2020 originated. The 2019 Stellenbosch Vineyard Selection from Chenin champions Kleine Zalze, the flagship Cabernet Sauvignon from […]
Unwooded winners of Chenin Blanc Challenge unlikely but possible
“THE CHALLENGE with Chenin Blanc is that there are so many styles,” comments Top Wine SA reader Peter F May. “The names [of the 2017 Top 10 Challenge winners] give no […]
