Top scores at Veritas revealed! Eight wineries awarded 95+
THE DOUBLE GOLD winners at the 2024 Veritas Awards have disclosed what the competition organisers will not… Apart from presenting the Vertex trophy for the most highly rated of the […]
Spier’s masterful feats on Chenin front go back many vintages
ONE OF the top dozen or so SA Chenins over the past 10 years, Spier 21 Gables’ Master Award with the 2022 vintage at the 2024 Global Chenin Blanc Masters […]
Organic Wines South Africa intent on significant growth
IT IS ESTIMATED that as of 2024 the two to three dozen organic wineries in South Africa account for less than 1% of the country’s total production. That’s according to […]
Stellenbosch prevails at Global Chenin Blanc Masters, UK
HOW ABOUT THAT!! While the good people at Spier in Stellenbosch were introducing Farmer Angus, the new flagship range among their organic wine offerings, another of their organic-certified wines was […]
Nederburg Winemasters Shiraz up to the Challenge once again
DEMORGENZON, Kleine Zalze and Spier of Stellenbosch, Leeuwenkuil of Paarl, Lomond of Gansbaai in Cape Agulhas, Saronsberg of Tulbagh, Survivor from Overhex in Worcester… Names regularly associated with top Shiraz […]
SA’s Delaire & Tokara among Best in Show – Decanter Awards
THREE of South Africa’s finest wines of the year, 97-pointers at the 2024 Decanter World Wine Awards in the UK and with exceptional credentials established over many years involving numerous […]
Spier and Hout Bay Vineyards top-score at Fine Wine Awards
TOP SCORES at South Africa’s 2024 Fine Wine Awards went to the Spier wine farm in Stellenbosch, for their white blend Frans K Smit 2018, and to the boutique wine […]
South Africa’s top ORGANIC wine ratings during the past year
FOR AN UPDATE of all the organic wines produced in South Africa that are officially certified as such, click here. Below are those from the Cape that received good to […]
The latest prices of South Africa’s most highly rated wines
AT LAST COUNT, the number of visitors to Groot Constantia stood at around 450 000 a year. It’s been the most popular wine farm in South Africa’s Cape winelands for […]
Best of The Best Under R250pb – 2024 SA Wine Classification
LESS THAN R100 a bottle for one of the most consistently highly rated wines over the past 10 years might seem impossible, and yet… While the majority of the 132 […]
Most highly rated Pinotage in 2023 – top panels have voted
‘BORN’ in South Africa and, at its best, one of the country’s delightful ambassadors. These are the expressions of Pinotage that really wowed the top panels around the world in […]
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 […]