SA Winemag doesn’t think much of Pinotage – annual report
ONLY FIVE wines scored better than 92 and termed Outstanding, i.e. one rated 93 (low silver?), three 94 (high silver?), one scored 95 and none rated Extraordinary or Profound (96+). […]
Perdeberg Chenin still right up there with the best of them
STILL AVAILABLE at the time of writing, costing just a little bit more than it did a month or so earlier when chosen as the panel’s absolute favourite and scored […]
Top honours in Winemag Chenin Report go to Perdeberg, Paarl
THE COMPETITION winners in the South African Winemag’s 2024 Prescient Chenin Blanc Report have a history of glowing reviews for their ‘Perdeberg Dry Land Collection Courageous Barrel Fermented Chenin Blanc’. […]
WO Swartland & Ceres triumph in Winemag’s Shiraz Report
HOW ABOUT THAT! Two wins in succession for the Riebeek Valley Wine Co in the SA Winemag’s annual Prescient Shiraz Report, with the Riebeek-Kasteel winery’s RAAR Shiraz Carbonic Maceration 2024 […]
South Africa ranked eighth among top wine producers – OIV
THE FOLLOWING are among the statistics presented by the International Organisation of Vine & Wine in the OIV’s 2025 report on the state of the wine industry internationally (2024 data): […]
Winemag declines to give really high score in Cabernet Report
OF THE 61 entries from the 48 producers who submitted their wines for assessment in the 2024 Prescient Cabernet Sauvignon Report published by Winemag.co.za, 28 rated 90 points or more […]
Overberg wine top-scores in South African Chardonnay Report
NOT MANY wine producers have access to vineyards in the Elandskloof valley of the Overberg district, Western Cape. Anthonij Rupert Wyne of Franschhoek is one of them, and the Chardonnay […]
6 of the Best SA Bordeaux-style Blends, Sauvignons – Winemag
A 96-POINT rating for a blended white from Somerset West, scores of 95/100 for three other white combos from cellars in Constantia, Durbanville and Stellenbosch, and ditto for a Durbanville […]
Array of styles accommodated among Top 5 in Pinotage Report
AFTER assessing 46 wines for Winemag’s 2024 Prescient Pinotage Report, panel chair Christian Eedes remarked on the appealing “new wave” entries led by the 2023 vintages of Black Elephant Vintners’ […]
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 […]
Highest scores ever awarded for Shiraz by the Winemag panel
THE TASTING PANEL of South Africa’s Winemag.co.za has never scored any glass of red or white higher than 96 out of 100, and prior to May 2024 had only awarded […]
Tim Atkin MW vs Greg Sherwood MW vs Christian Eedes vs …
[spacer height=”20px” id=”2″]WHO HASN’T seen one of those wine bottle stickers denoting a Tim Atkin rating or award! The assessments by this British Master of Wine are conducted with full […]
