And then there were more seriously good wines at < R150
5 STARS in Platter’s 2025 SA Wine Guide, from one of the country’s top winemakers in Donovan Rall, using grapes grown on the mountains in the back of beyond, priced […]
Top 3 in Platter’s 2025 Guide from Elgin, Durbanville, Tulbagh
THE TOP-RATED wines in the 2025 edition of Platter’s South African Wine Guide – scored 98/100 – are the Cap Classique sparkler Cipher Blanc de Noirs 2018 from the Elgin […]
Taste what’s possible with the Alvi’s Drift Reserve range
Six exceptional wines, passionately crafted for discerning palates in the relentless pursuit of excellence – the expression of head winemaker Alvi van der Merwe’s drive to explore, to create, to […]
Six wooded beauties among 2024 Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10
THE VARIETY is “in an exciting phase,” said Sauvignon Blanc South Africa chair RJ Botha during the association’s 2024 Top 10 awards presented at De Meye Wine Estate in Stellenbosch. […]
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 […]
A rather rare, very unusual wine… Klein Amoskuil’s Fino Sherry
AT THE TIME of writing, the bone-dry Fino-style sherry from the farm Klein Amoskuil in the Malmesbury ward of the Swartland district was the only wine of it’s kind on […]
Be seduced by Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine Concepts are thrilled to invite wine lovers to their annual Seductive Sauvignons Wine Festival. Following previous successes, this year’s event promises to be an exclusive evening of exceptional wine […]
La Motte releases new vintages of Sauvignon and Cabernet
With Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Youth Day all happening in May and June, family relationships are top of mind. As a result, it was difficult to miss the kinship […]
Top wines to the fore again in Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10
DE GRENDEL, Diemersdal, Kleine Zalze, Steenberg, Tokara and Zorgvliet are among the standout wineries in the 2023 FNB Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10, the panel’s favourites of the 169 entries […]
Taste the very finest at Caroline’s 2023 White Wine Review
Caroline’s annual White Wine Review, hailed as one of the most coveted tasting events on the South African wine calendar, returns to The Lookout Venue at the V&A Waterfront in […]
Winemag unimpressed by Cape Sauvignon Blanc – Prescient Report
WHEN THEY put it like that, it’s hard to swallow… that the “Top 10” Sauvignon Blanc wines of South Africa don’t include even one worthy of a top rating in […]
Top SA Sauvignon Blanc producers over the past 12 months
WITH SO MUCH hype around Sauvignon Blanc during the first quarter of 2023 and extending into May with many South African wine producers engaged in Sauvignon Blanc Day/Weekend celebrations, what […]
