Cellar Artistry – Pierneef Atelier 2020, Pierneef Sauvignon ’24
The 2020 and 2024 vintages of La Motte’s Pierneef Syrah-driven blend and Pierneef Sauvignon Blanc respectively are more than cellarmaster Edmund Terblanche’s artistic interpretation of the vintage – the 2025 […]
Top SA wines under R200pb is one thing, but under R100pb?!
JUST A COUPLE of days was all it took. By Wednesday 11 June, the top-scoring white blend at South Africa’s 2025 Trophy Wine Show was “Sold Out” at the cellar […]
Cilmor of Worcester THE discovery at Trophy Wine Show
OF THE 650 wines judged at South Africa’s 2025 Trophy Wine Show, 40 were scored 95+ to earn gold medals (see below), and of those, 23 went on to earn […]
SA No. 1 at Syrah du Monde – Babylonstoren Shiraz 2022
PRODUCED at Koos Bekker’s estate in Paarl using grapes from the farm’s vineyards below the Simonsberg, Babylonstoren Shiraz has been one of South Africa’s most highly rated expressions of the […]
Le Grand Best Cab Overall at International Wine Challenge
FOR THE FIRST time in five years, South Africa won one of the most prestigious awards at the International Wine Challenge in London, with Le Grand Domaine of Devon Valley […]
Paarl and Cederberg cellars strike gold in the Rhône Valley
BABYLONSTOREN and Cederberg Wines struck gold at the 2025 (19th) edition of Syrah du Monde, the international competition held in France’s Rhône Valley. There were 207 wines (from 22 countries) […]
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 […]
Capensis Kliphuis… Stellenbosch Chardonnay showcase of note
THE GOOD people of Capensis don’t have their own winery, and would rather not say where it is that they’re renting cellar space. But does it matter? These Chardonnay specialists, […]
Sophisticated, classy wine-tasting in the Constantia Valley
IT’S ONE OF the most chic venues in South Africa’s Cape winelands – a classy wine-tasting lounge, bar and terrace as well as a bistro at which to experience top […]
Decanter panel raves about ‘stellar’ SA Chardonnay
“THEY STOOD toe-to-toe with Hawke’s Bay and Margaret River [of Australia] and all but the finest Burgundy [of France]”. High praise indeed from the panel that assessed 128 South African […]
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): […]
