Something not quite as it should be at Cap Classique Championship, UK
Mmmm! The 2021 Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships held in England came and went, the CSWWC results were published and, for the second year in succession, the best South […]
Outrageous! How can a competition winner not carry the highest score?
AWKWARD! Who was more embarrassed: the good folk at Spier Wine Farm in Stellenbosch, the South African National Wine Show Association who organise the Veritas Awards, or the sponsors 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 […]
Spier Red Blend and De Grendel Shiraz ‘share’ top spot at Veritas Awards
THE DUIMPIE BAYLY Veritas Vertex Award for “the overall champion” at the 2021 edition of South Africa’s oldest bottled wine [and brandy] show, still one of the biggest competitions […]
Kleine Zalze and Spier do it again in Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10
“THIS YEAR will be remembered as a world-class Top 10,” said Kleine Zalze winemaker RJ Botha, chairman of Sauvignon Blanc South Africa. There were 157 wines entered by 96 producers […]
Sauvignon Blanc test match could suggest SA and NZ equally delicious
ON THE EVE of the 100th test match between the Springboks and the All Blacks, on a rugby field in Australia, came the news that the countries’ winemakers had all […]
Top winery destinations include 10 of South Africa’s national treasures
WHO WOULD have thought that of the Top 100 winery destinations in the world, seven are in Lebanon, three in Russia? None in China, surprisingly enough, but there’s at least […]
Concours Mondial judges fancy Pinotage – especially in a blend
10 000 WINES from 46 countries, more than 300 judges on the panels tasting ‘blind’, labels out of sight, nine days of deliberation… Belgium’s international Concours Mondial du Bruxelles is […]
Alvi’s Drift and Stellenrust double up in Chenin Challenge
WHAT a lovely line-up of champions in the Standard Bank Chenin Blanc Top 10 Challenge. Not one from a cellar in the Swartland, Bot River or Paarl in 2020… But hey, […]