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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Trophy Wine Show of interest to both layman and connoisseur
KWV, Paarl. SCHENKFONTEIN! Where’s that? Stofjas! What’s that? Thor Semillon nothing to do with the Marvel fantasy! Port Capital comes second? Best value gold medallist a Shiraz at just R115 […]
Stark-Condé… Hall of Fame winery, good-value lunch
STARK-CONDÉ. In the Jonkershoek Valley, Stellenbosch. On the Oude Nektar farm, to the south-east of the town. Home to one of South Africa’s most highly rated white blends, a Sauvignon […]
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 […]
Swartland Chenins score top marks in Decanter panel-tasting, UK
IN THE March 2023 issue of the British magazine Decanter, no fewer than 28 of South Africa’s Chenin Blancs (or blends comprising at least 85% Chenin) were considered outstanding, excellent […]
Field Blend from Jonkershoek Valley quite unlike any other wine
2020 IS THE NINTH vintage of the Field Blend from Stark-Condé, the fruit coming from an unusual vineyard on a slope close to the stream at the bottom of […]
Five trophies for South Africa at Global Fine Wine Challenge, Sydney
A COMPETITION of which the results are talked up in stages, the Global Fine Wine Challenge in Sydney picks up where the Six Nations Wine Challenge left off in 2019, […]
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 […]
Trophy Wine Show Superstars: Diemersdal, Thokozani, De Grendel
DURBANVILLE and Wellington cellars emerged as the superstars of South Africa’s 2021 Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show, with Diemersfontein’s Thokozani Cabernet Franc 2019 and De Grendel Op die Berg Chardonnay […]
Impressive Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10 offers a bit of this, a bit of that
CHENIN BLANC might be the most-planted wine grape variety in South Africa, but Sauvignon Blanc is the country’s top-selling variety… A success story for sure, and most cellars are […]
