Still a while to wait for the Cab Franc Challenge winner
THERE ISN’T much of South Africa’s 2024 Cab Franc Challenge winner, and at the time of writing – after the results went public, a week after the awards presentation – […]
Rainbow’s End top-scores in ‘Hallo Merlot Top 10’ competition
THE SECOND Top 10 competition organised by South Africa’s Merlot Forum attracted 69 entries from most of the Cape’s wine regions. Notable relative to the inaugural panel tasting was the […]
Banghoek cellars form new Stellenbosch wine route – unofficially for now
THERE ARE some who would like to change the name to Banhoek (without the ‘g’), but be that as it may. The valley in the eastern reaches of the Stellenbosch […]
Cab Francs from Rainbow’s End, Anthology and Whalehaven do it again
TO SAY THAT the judges at the 2020 Cab Franc Challenge were impressed with the overall standard of the wines is an understatement: 29 of the 31 South African producers […]
