Sadie Family in the limelight again, and again, and again…
AS IF it had been stage-managed! Just over a week after The Sadie Family was lauded for the umpteenth time as South Africa’s top cellar in the 2024 edition of […]
5 scored 98 in Platter’s guide: 3 Chenins, 1 Pinotage, 1 Shiraz
THERE are SIX producers in various parts of the Cape winelands who are most applauded in the 2024 edition of Platter’s South African Wine Guide. Congratulations to The Sadie Family […]
Sadie’s white blend Palladius fetches top price on auction
SA HIGHLIGHTS of the Strauss & Co Wine Auction held mid-May 2023. Billed merely as the private collection of a single owner, the online sale included wines from around the […]
Columella most in demand of SA wines at Rhône-theme auction
AT THE FIRST Strauss & Co Fine Wine Auction of 2023, The Sadie Family’s red blend Columella fetched the highest prices paid for Cape beauties during a sale of collectables […]
Black Lion roars at fine wine auction – louder than Columella
DE TOREN, SADIE FAMILY, Porseleinberg and Hartenberg fetched the highest bids for South African wines at the Strauss & Co auction of Shiraz and Rhône-style blends on 21 Feb 2022. […]
Swartland winelands checklist 2022: where to go, what to go for
IT’S ARGUABLE THAT you can’t really call this a wine route. Many of the top cellars operate quite independently, many require you to make an appointment in advance of […]
In black and white… Sadie named Platter’s Winery of the Year, again
BLUE COVER in 2019, green in 2020, black in 2021… Platter’s 2022 South African Wine Guide is no doubt packed with as much useful info as in previous years, the […]
Top-scoring wines in Platter’s 2022 revealed in advance of book launch
DAYS IN ADVANCE of launching the 2022 edition of their book and presenting awards for their choice of Wines and Wineries of the Year, the publishers of Platter’s South African […]
Sadie, KC and Kanonkop star in fine wine auction involving 10-year-olds
AT STRAUSS & Co’s 27 September 2021 fine wine auction of 10-year-olds, the Sadie Family of the Swartland, Klein Constantia as well as the Stellenbosch cellars of Kanonkop, Vilafonté and […]
