Veritas Awards revisited… The scores of all the double golds
WELL, 99% of them… A few of the wine producers who entered the 2025 Veritas Awards and went on to win double gold either didn’t respond to queries about their […]
Standout Pinotages aplenty in 2025… Pity about the festival
IT WAS disappointing news for the wine-loving public looking forward to the Pinotage festival scheduled for 11 October 2025 at the Meerendal estate in Durbanville outside Cape Town – a […]
Can’t talk SA Chenin without a punt for Stellenrust and FMC
THE WINNERS of South Africa’s 2025 Chenin Blanc Top 10 Challenge – convened by the Chenin Blanc Association and sponsored by Standard Bank – brought to 33 the various expressions […]
And then there were 14 SA SBs with glowing reviews in 2025
JUDGED BEST overall in Winemag.co.za’s 2025 SA Sauvignon Blanc Report sponsored by Prescient, the 2024 vintage of The Journal from Diemersdal is testimony to the good track record and interest […]
Tokara Reserve Elgin Sauvignon Blanc a perennial favourite
UNWOODED, scored 95/100 at the Decanter World Wine Awards and 95 points at the International Wine & Spirit Competition, the 2024 Tokara Reserve Elgin Sauvignon Blanc is one of South […]
Top wine panels’ picks at under R150… under R100 even!
HIGHLY recommended, R80 a bottle ex-cellar and still available at the time of writing: Wellington Wines Duke Merlot 2023, one of the winners in the Merlot SA Forum’s 2025 Top […]
Top SA wines over the past 10 years – 2025 Classification
THERE ARE wines that impress occasionally with this and that vintage, then there are those that please on a fairly regular basis, and then there are those wines that make […]
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 […]
South Africa’s top ORGANIC wine ratings during the past year
FOR AN UPDATE of all the organic wines produced in South Africa that are officially certified as such, click here. Below are those from the Cape that received good to […]
When a gold medal meant the same at every show…
OH THAT there could be an internationally accepted, universally agreed-upon 100-point system for scoring wine. If only the convenors of the competitions, shows, challenges and reports could concur as to […]
Glen Carlou ranks among Top 10 at Chardonnay du Monde
SOUTH AFRICA achieved three gold medals at the 2024 edition of Chardonnay du Monde in Burgundy, France, with one of the winning wines – the 2023 vintage of Glen Carlou’s […]
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 […]
