Top South African wines according to top panels in 2025
SEVEN CATEGORIES of top wines from South Africa as rated 96+ locally or internationally in 2025 by one or more of the respected panels tasting ‘blind’, i.e. labels out of […]
Most highly rated Cap Classique sparkling wine in 2025
THE TOP Cap Classique sparkling wine from South Africa as rated 96+ locally or internationally in 2025 by one or more of the respected panels tasting ‘blind’, i.e. labels out of […]
Steenberg, Graham Beck & Kleine Zalze excel in MCC Challenge
IT WAS ONLY a matter of time… 2019 was when winemaker Elunda Basson took charge of the cellar at the Beck Family Estates’ Steenberg farm in Tokai on the Constantia […]
Laborie Blanc de Blancs 2019 surely MCC value champion 2025
THE privately-owned Laborie Estate is down the road from Warshay Investment’s KWV Emporium – both in Paarl, both Cape wineland destinations in their own right, both home to one of […]
Exploring bubbly at its best: the findings of ‘A Glass Act’
THE FLUTE is dead… Long live the flute! You could say the same about the coupe… Wine glasses, that is, stemware for sparkling wine specifically. Is there a right and […]
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 […]
One-of-a-kind Pinot Meunier Cap Classique now for everyone
RELEASED exclusively to their club members when launched a few months earlier but then made available to all wine lovers, Graham Beck Pinot Meunier 2022 is the first and only […]
Cap Classique house Des Dieux joins club of specialists
IT WAS NOT that long ago that Domaine des Dieux was making headlines with Chardonnay, scoring 96 at the Decanter World Wine Awards in the UK, winning the trophy for […]
Méthode Ancestrale, Pét Nat… Is it catching on in the Cape?
AA Badenhorst outside Malmesbury in the Swartland was one of the pioneers of South African bubbly made ‘the original way’ invented by the French in the 16th Century. Vondeling of […]
Champion Cap Classique, the ‘Joy of Life’, not yet sold out
AMAZINGLY, well into 2024 – after the December festivities, months since the wine top-scored at the 2023 Veritas Awards to win the Duimpie Bayly Vertex Trophy – the Benguela Cove Cap […]
Sprankel! Babylonstoren top Cap Classique in Platter’s guide
2018 is the eighth vintage of Babylonstoren’s Cap Classique. How time flies! The bottle-fermented sparkler has a good track record and this year could be the best to date. It’s […]
Most highly rated Cap Classique sparkling wines in 2023
THE TOP sparklers from South Africa are applauded around the world, not just locally. Some of them are now commanding prices in line with Champagne, although most still present better […]
